Over the weekend, I went on a 10-mile hike (#42) in the Eastern Sierras with a few friends. The hike was strenuous, taking us up to Kearsarge Pass (11,760 feet) and a peek into the back of Kings Canyon National Park.  The payoff was gorgeous views, a stronger appreciation of nature, and beer pancakes. The morning after our hike, at the beautiful Onion Valley Campground, I cooked pancakes for the trekking troop.  I’m rarely a campsite cook let alone a home kitchen cook, but a video over at backpacker.com inspired me to put on my chef’s hat and attempt to make some ale-infused flapjacks. Yes,  attempt.  I had hopes to make the ultimate beer pancakes – I even threw in my own ingredient of dried blueberries – but not everything in life can go as planned and the following video is proof.