Choosing the right shirt to wear while hiking among prickly plants in the Southern California desert near Palm Springs.
Except when there are hunters around (when he wears bright clothing), The Idiot always tries to blend in with the environment to placate the animals and plants. Here’s what the fashionista hiker, who had dozens of different messages on his T-shirts when he spent 20 years walking around the Mediterranean Sea, was caught wearing on a hike in the Sonoran Desert near Palm Springs, CA. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."