I noticed over the weekend I was experiencing pangs of longing to check out how my attempts at e-commerce were faring. Not something you want to experience on a camp-out. That was when I realized a) the buck-chasing (well, penny-chasing)…
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Carrizo Plain camp-out report
by tom • March 24, 2008 • 9 Comments
It’s a damn long drive to Carrizo Plain National Monument from the Bay Area (or any area, for that matter) to see this. Must be why they call it a plain, eh? Then again, you can never tell a park…
Carrizo Plain pictures posted
by tom • March 23, 2008 • 1 Comment
They’re here. I’ll do a write-up later (probably tomorrow, actually).
Off camping at Carrizo Plain National Monument
by tom • March 21, 2008 • 0 Comments
I’m joining 4WheelBob and his Backpacker discussion group pals for a couple days in the desert west of Bakersfield. We’ll be at the Selby Campground till Sunday. Here’s the latest from the Backpacker thread. Be back Sunday night, but it…
How readable am I?
by tom • March 21, 2008 • 6 Comments
Geeze, all I ever wanted in life was to get away from high school. Go here to see where you rate. Hat tip to GoBlog for this one.
Latest Hikes column: Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
by tom • March 20, 2008 • 0 Comments
Check it out at www.mercurynews.com You don’t hike at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve hoping for an earth-shaking experience — not with the San Andreas Fault beneath your feet. The fault that flattened San Francisco in 1906 cuts through the…
Half Dome hiker on OpenRoad.TV
by tom • March 20, 2008 • 0 Comments
Rick Deutsch has a five-minute video with Doug McConnell of Bay Area Backroads fame. It’s all familiar ground to many of us in the Global Hiker Elite (particularly those who’ve had the good fortune to drive 60 miles to a…
Local hiker moving up in the world
by tom • March 19, 2008 • 4 Comments
I just found out a guy I’ve hiked with several times — Vindu Goel, who also is a tech columnist for the Mercury News — has just been hired away by the New York Times. That’s him at Mount Diablo…
Excellent Henry Coe Picture
by tom • March 19, 2008 • 1 Comment
Jason Armstrong shot the Henry Coe headquarters before dawn with a 30-second time exposure that creates an orange glow in the background. Check it out, it’s way cool.