Sunday was time again for the annual waterfall hike at Uvas Canyon County Park, hosted by Mike & Kathy of FOMFOK fame. Last year, Uvas could’ve given a few of the lesser Yosemite falls a run for their money. We…
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Saturday at Mission Peak
by tmangan • January 28, 2007 • 2 Comments
This’ll be a quickie: I did the Horse Heaven Trail to the Mission Peak summit on Saturday and snapped a few interesting frames. It seemed like most of January had passed without a cloud in the sky, so it was…
A rookie’s take on showshoeing
by tmangan • January 26, 2007 • 7 Comments
Got my first real miles in with snowshoes this week — around seven miles out to Dewey Point at Yosemite and back to Badger Pass. Took a nice up-and-down route along the Ridge Trail on the way in and came…
Back from Yosemite
by tmangan • January 26, 2007 • 1 Comment
Hope y’all behaved while I was away. Write-up of my Yosemite travels is here.
Change o’ plans
by tmangan • January 22, 2007 • 0 Comments
We’ve decided to head up to Yosemite for a few days so no blogging till Friday, but I should have some good pictures.
On vacation all week
by tmangan • January 22, 2007 • 0 Comments
Blogging will be light. Not going anywhere special but I don’t plan to spend much time typing into a computer screen.
Three peaks at Mount Diablo
by tmangan • January 21, 2007 • 4 Comments
I get some of my best ideas in the shower. Sunday morning I was somewhere between the wash and rinse cycles when I realized I had to go to Mount Diablo, hike up to a knob at about 3,000 feet…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Going nowhere,” from the photo stream of winklerw. Caption: “I wonder what made this bus stop forever at an altitude of about 3300 meters above sea level.” Scene is in the Argentine Andes.
Green fabrics all the rage
by tmangan • January 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Fast Company magazine profiles a few sustainable fabrics that are catching on with gear manufacturers. One is from the ever-popular GoLite: What’s new: Recycled polyester shirts ($30 and $35) reinforced with odor-absorbing carbon from coconut shells. Eco-cred: A chemical-free process…