“Against the Wind,” from the photo stream of Paige Falk. Setting is Tahoe National Forest.
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Fall Creek Unit: Cold like January creek water
by tmangan • January 14, 2007 • 2 Comments
It’s the kind of idea that sounds so absurd that it must be tried out. The past few days have been among the coldest on record in the Bay Area. Even though these temperatures dipping into the high 20s sound…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Taktsang,” from the photo stream of aharol. Aharol’s description: One of the most famous Guempas of Bhutan – Taktsang. Wouldn’t want to get out the wrong door here…!
No Hoedown for me
by tmangan • January 12, 2007 • 2 Comments
I’m afraid I’m going to have to bail on plans for the Hiker Hoedown at Trail Days this year (news of which will send ripples of joy across the fair burg of Damascus, Va). The main reason is financial: after…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Condoriri,” from the photo stream of JungleNomad. Jungle Nomad’s description: Campesina and llamas with Condoriri above, in Cordillera Real, Bolivia. He also has many of his Andean treks posted at myoutdoors.net under the user name “Poz.”
Next hiking meet-up: Las Trampas Feb. 3
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 3 Comments
Gambolin Man will be the guest of honor/bullseye of blame at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near San Ramon on Saturday, Feb. 3. For now, let’s make the start time 10 a.m. Weather will be the wild card. There’s no point…
Hiking HQ has an RSS feed
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 1 Comment
I just learned the other day that Sgt. Rock has installed an RSS feed at his Hiking HQ. It updates every time somebody creates a new thread. I was particularly fond of “everything I need to know about outdoor activities…
Box o’ links
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Quite a bit happening on folks’ blogs. The highlights: GoBlog links to news that Mount Ranier is going to be unavailable for a long time, thanks to the November floods. (Posted for the 12 of you unaware of this news,…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Follow the footprints, originally uploaded by Mark Griffith. “Follow the footprints” from the photo stream of Mark Griffith. Locale is the Kendall Peak Lakes Trail near Snoqualmie, Washington state.