Article: HIS HAPPY TRAILS EX-REAL ESTATE AGENT LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED IN BOOKS.(Sports)(Review)

Byline: Bill Becher Special to the Daily News

Robert Stone said if he won the lottery he'd be doing the same job, he'd just stay in nicer hotels while he does it.

Stone's job is writing day-hiking guides. The author of 20 books, Stone spends the warm half of his year exploring the Rockies near his home in Red Lodge, Mont.

``When the snow begins to fly, so do I,'' said Stone, a Santa Monica native. ``I spent 16 winters in Montana, so I've paid my dues.''

Stone then heads for California and Hawaii and hikes and writes some more. On a trip exploring the relatively new Sandstone Hills Trail in the North Ranch Open Space in Thousand Oaks, ...

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