Jerry Schad's several careers encompassed interests ranging from astronomy and teaching to photography and writing. Schad was the author of 15 books, including the top-selling Afoot and Afield series of hiking guidebooks that cover nearly all of Southern California. Schad's outdoor column "Roam-O-Rama" was published weekly in the San Diego Reader from 1993 to 2011, and his San Diego Reader blog, "Outdoor San Diego," kept San Diegans up-to-date on a variety of natural events in the sky and on earth. He died in 2011. David Money Harris grew up rambling about the Desolation Wilderness as a toddler in his father's pack and later roamed the High Sierra as a Boy Scout. As a Sierra Club trip leader, he organized mountaineering trips throughout the Sierra Nevada. For the past 15 years, he has explored the mountains and deserts of Southern California. He lives in Upland, CA.