Tom Stienstra

Tom Stienstra
Stienstra in 2023
Born1954 or 1955
Alma materSan Jose State University
OccupationOutdoor writer

Tom Stienstra (born 1954 or 1955) is an American outdoorsman, author, and outdoors writer emeritus for the San Francisco Chronicle. He produces a radio feature for KCBS in San Francisco, hosted and co-produced a television special for PBS on the Tuolumne River and has written several hiking and camping guide books. He has won many awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

A severe brain injury as a young man shaped his view of the world towards appreciation of the wilderness, and in the 2020s he was treated for brain cancer.

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