This thread at the BAHiker.com discussion board is getting more timely as summer approaches: how to cope with the sun and heat. You could just spend all your time hiking under forest canopy, but there’s always something to be said…
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Cool wildlife-related comments
by tom • April 30, 2008 • 1 Comment
The poll on wildlife encounters generated some interesting feedback, such as: From Gambolin’ Man A few weeks ago, toward the early evening around 6 pm, I caught a prolonged first-time ever (in the Bay Area) glimpse of a Great Horned…
Poll: Wildlife you’ve seen on the trail
by tom • April 29, 2008 • 15 Comments
(There used to be a poll here asking people which wildlife they’d seen, but I took it down because it seemed to be causing system difficulties. I’m leaving the text intact because the questions generated interesting feedback). I haven’t seen…
Wilderness Press needs a guidebook editor
by tom • April 29, 2008 • 2 Comments
Saw this on Craigslist yesterday: Senior editor position: Wilderness Press is looking for a seasoned in-house editor to hit the ground running in this full-time position. The ideal candidate will have top-notch editorial skills and experience project managing a book…
Sunday at Wilder Ranch State Park
by tom • April 28, 2008 • 6 Comments
The cool thing about Wilder Ranch State Park is how you get from one side to the other: Tunnels under Highway 1 connect the coast to the backcountry. The map shows two intended for human traffic, and those who’ve been…
Wilder Ranch State Park, a first look
by tom • April 28, 2008 • 4 Comments
I spent Sunday at Wilder Ranch State Park, a couple miles north of the Santa Cruz city limits. The rest of the pictures are here. I’ll chat up this hike later, but I figured I’d throw some pictures up for…
Ansel Adams piece in the New York Times
by tom • April 26, 2008 • 4 Comments
A travel writer mentions what happens when people try to retrace the steps — and recapture the shots — of Ansel Adams. The first step on an Ansel Adams-inspired trip to Yosemite is to visit the gallery run by his…
‘Zero Days’ clan on WildeBeat
by tom • April 26, 2008 • 2 Comments
Steve Sergeant interviews Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly and Scrambler, the family who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004, chronicled in the book “Zero Days” (since trail season is officially under way it’s OK to call ’em by their trail…
A great hike to nowhere at Purisima Creek
by tom • April 26, 2008 • 2 Comments
There’s a rarely traveled corner of Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve where the trail goes deeper and deeper in to the woods, the grass gets taller and taller, and then, ultimately, the trail fades to nothing. I hiked this…