Alan Kishbaugh

Esalen opens May 3, 2024

Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.

Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.

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Alan Kishbaugh started out as an actor for several years before embarking on a 20-year career as the West Coast editor for publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. He followed this as the executive director of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America, where he had been a Trustee for 30 years. Currently, he sits on municipal and state boards for the preservation of open space and animal habitats and parkland acquisition. He is the author of a memoir, DEEP WATERS: Frank Waters Remembered in Letters and Commentary. He and Stella have been married for 37 years.

Alan Kishbaugh is a writer with many years of experience in book publishing, urban planning, and parkland, and open space preservation. He is the author of the memoir Deep Waters: Frank Waters Remembered in Letters and Commentary. He and Stella Resnick have been married since 1987.