Saturday: Mission Peak Sunday: Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve
Monthly Archives: December 2006
10 miles at Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
by tmangan • December 4, 2006 • 1 Comment
On Sunday, I hiked with a bunch of folks from Bay Area Linkup who gathered at Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. The trailhead is on Highway 35, otherwise known as Skyline Drive, a few miles north of Woodside. The…
Mission Peak in high winds
by tmangan • December 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
I have a hundred-dollar windbreaker imported from England, where they need such attire to fend off those North Sea gales. I had this jacket on Saturday when I stepped out of the Hiker Hauler at the base of Mission Peak,…
Lost Bay Area hikers talk to the press
by tmangan • December 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
As usual, the simplest explanation is the most likely: They hiked down a steep ravine full of thick brush and lost the trail in the dark. The terrain was too steep and the brush too thick to find their way…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
Blue Mountains hike: wow, originally uploaded by buenovision. “Blue Mountains hike: wow” from the Flickr photostream of buenovision. More on Jamaica’s Blue Mountains here.
Sites worth a look
by tmangan • December 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
A few more I’ve happened upon in recent days: Summit Stones has a bunch of cool outdoor pictures and dreamy commentary from DSD, who has posted a few comments on the ol’ blog of late. Wild Wilderness Blog belongs to…
Outdoozy revisited
by tmangan • December 2, 2006 • 2 Comments
OK, so some of us have gone over and signed up at Outdoorzy.com — Dan Mitchell, Outdoors Pro, Winehiker, Rick McCharles — now I need you guys to go back over there at least one more time and add each…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Dead Horse Point, originally uploaded by ~Thai~. “Dead Horse Point” from the photostream of ~Thai~, who has a wide assortment of stunning Canyonlands pix. Dead Horse Point State Park info here.
More on flooding at Mt. Rainier
by tmangan • December 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Karen Sykes of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer went to see how bad the recent rains had damaged Mount Rainier National Park. From the entrance, the first mile or so of road is in good shape, as if nothing had happened. The…