Five-Star Trails: Tucson: 38 Spectacular Hikes around the Old Pueblo

About Rob Rachowiecki

Rob Rachowiecki was raised in London and climbed his first mountain by accident while on a school biology field course in Scotland. After a day of dissecting newts he walked to the top of a windswept hill behind the outdoor studies center looked around at miles of startling wilderness and had an Im the king of the world! revelation. Rob crossed the pond in 1974 planning on traveling around the world but ending up living and traveling throughout the Americas from Alaska to Argentina. He has authored hiking and climbing guides to Central America and the Central Andes as well as travel guides to Peru Ecuador Costa Rica and the American Southwest for publishers ranging from Lonely Planet to National Geographic. He has been an active member of the Society of American Travel Writers since 1997. From 1983 to 2008 Rob worked as an adventure-travel guide leading treks in the Andes and adventures on the Amazon. Since 1990 he has lived in Tucson where he earned a masters degree at the University of Arizona and where he enjoys the areas varied ethnic restaurants theatres and outdoor music festivals. He is often found hiking the many desert canyon and mountain trails surrounding Tucson following the seasonal changes and usually doing a spot of bird-watching as Brits are wont to do. After earning a respiratory therapy degree in 2006 Rob worked three days a week in local rural community hospitals until he retired in 2016. Now he travels the world often accompanied by his partner Audrey. His wanderlust has led to a four-month backpacking trip to Southeast Asia visits to the lesser-known countries of Europe and several adventures in various African countries. To avoid baggage fees he wears hiking boots on international flights.