Date of birth: 1951
Website: http://www.WildDeathValley.com

Steve has been roaming the rugged backcountry of the western United States since the early 1950s. He authored "Exploring Wild Death Valley" in 2007, and spring 2009, his latest book, "Death Valley Book of Knowledge" came available - an encyclopedia of 1,149 entries, and an anthology with 29 supporting chapters covering a wide-range of eclectic topics of Death Valley regional interest.

Steve was born and raised in southern California. He graduated from La Canada High School, and then attended Pasadena City College (Journalism). Additional college and university background includes: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (Geology), Art Center College of Design (Photography), East Los Angeles College (Administration of Justice), Western State College (Communications and Education), Colorado State University (Edu), Adams State College (Edu), Portland State University (Edu), University of Colorado (Edu), and Seattle Pacific University (Edu).

His professional endeavors to date include: law enforcement officer and administrator, fitness center owner and operator, professional educator, graphic arts designer, real estate investment counselor, and author. His hobbies include: the study and practice of fitness and longevity principles, wilderness camping, backpacking, hiking, walking, cycling, and reading. Steve is a dedicated enthusiast of the natural world. Ever defining his environmental sustainability paradigm, he continues to lessen his carbon footprint on the planet he loves to explore. Current directions include the development of a unique human-energy exploration vehicle that emits no pollutants and increases driver physical fitness levels, while allowing the practical mobility to move freely among the wild places of the planet.

Originally from southern California, on the cusp of the mighty Mojave Desert, he spent the first thirty-one years of his life in close proximity to the Death Valley territory. Later, he moved to the towering San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, living in small rural towns 9,000 feet above sea level. There, he continued his explorations on the historic mining roads and trails of majestic Rocky Mountain peaks. Currently, Steve finds his peace at home in the northwest rural setting of Oregon’s coastal woods. His yearly visits to his mother’s house near Death Valley keep him in touch with this piece of his past. He is a man forever wild.

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