UPDATE: Photo slide show posted at Flickr.com The facts: On Friday, Bob Coomber completed a 5.5-mile hike lasting 20 hours over three days on the rocky, rutted Jeep road to the top of White Mountain, the first known wheelchair summit…
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Bob did it!
by tmangan • August 25, 2007 • 2 Comments
Bob Coomber, AKA 4WheelBob, summitted White Mountain last night as the sun set on the High Sierra. I’m posting from the Super 8 in Bishop so I have to dash… it’s a six-hour drive back to San Jose, and I’m…
It’s on
by tmangan • August 20, 2007 • 6 Comments
We’re getting ready to load up the Hiker Hauler and head for the Eastern Sierra. Will report back next weekend.
Where I’m going next week
by tmangan • August 17, 2007 • 2 Comments
I’ve alluded to this in previous posts but this one will be the general summation: 4WheelBob thinks he can wheel himself to the summit of White Mountain in the Eastern Sierra near Big Pine, CA. I’m going to tag along…
Another Hike Half Dome author event
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rick Deutsch will talks about his book tonight at the new Sports Basement store at 1590 Bryant St. in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. (415) 575-3000. More on the event here.
East Bay Parks photo contest
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
East Bay Regional Park District wants your best pictures taken in the district’s parks. If you win, you earn the right to have the district decorate its Web site with the fruits of your labor at no compensation whatsoever. Of…
Killer in the woods: sudden oak death
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
ScienceDaily has an excellent overview of Sudden Oak Death, which is a nasty, vicious disease that can knock out wide stretches of forest. It sort of challenges the assumption that getting people into the woods will encourage them to protect…
Stanford exhibit on Yosemite
by tmangan • August 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
The Hike Half Dome blog lists a bunch of interesting Yosemite-related happenings at Stanford University at the Cantor Art Center. The main attraction is an exhibit —
Backpacking with dogs update
by tmangan • August 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
We didn’t exactly get a crush of replies to the request for places to take a pooch backpacking. (Well, it’s August, maybe everybody’s out camping in the High Sierra. I know Rebecca at Calipidder.com is hiking the John Muir Trail.)…