The Cactus Eater offers this irresistible enticement. Sometimes you forget you’re near Santa Cruz until you see or hear the signs: fat-tire unicyclists on an illegal trail ride deep in the park’s interior, someone lost in the sounds of his…
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Backpacking at Big Pine
by tom • July 28, 2008 • 1 Comment
Carol came back with some great pictures. She was one of the folks who camped out with 4WheelBob and a bunch of us at Carrizo Plain last spring. Sad to say I didn’t get any hikes in this weekend ……
Feel like writing up your latest backpacking trip?
by tom • July 25, 2008 • 0 Comments
Sectionhiker says: post it at his place. Here is a list of sample topics that you could write about: A product review – something you’ve used in the field. This includes international equipment brands not distributed in the US. A…
Island Lake in Tahoe National Forest
by tom • July 25, 2008 • 1 Comment
Island Lake is a great place for an easy overnighter, as Calipidder documented the other day. Here’s a pic from an overnighter I did near there a couple summers back: It’s just a mile and a half past the Carr…
Unspeakable tragedy on Mount Blanc
by tom • July 25, 2008 • 0 Comments
Hiker Hell points to an incident so tragic it’s difficult to type in: A family climbs a section of Mount Blanc together. Mom takes a break, while dad and three siblings continue up the hill, all roped together. Dad falls,…
Gear Junkie’s Outside Online gig
by tom • July 25, 2008 • 0 Comments
Stephen Regenold has added a new kingdom to his gear-review empire: Outside Online, which introduced The Gear Junkie Scoop this week. Stephen comes out of the gate swinging (er, napping) with an intro the ThermaRest Neo Air, an inflatable that’s…
SoCal outdoors blog worth a read
by tom • July 25, 2008 • 0 Comments
Adventure16, a chain of Southern California outdoors outfitters, has a nice blog describing places to check out in that part of the state. Bonus for slacker types who need cash for upcoming adventures: it includes retail job openings. An upcoming…
Blogging will resume tomorrow, I promise
by tom • July 24, 2008 • 2 Comments
Got my new smartphone just in time for my computer to die so it had to be replaced. Getting everything back together has been occupying most of my spare time, but the grim task is mostly done now (just in…
John Muir’s tale of Stickeen, the glacier dog
by tom • July 22, 2008 • 1 Comment
Here’s a wonderful tale written by John Muir, recalling how he spent one terrific/terrible day on an Alaskan glacier. Stickeen was a little ragamuffin of a dog who accompanied Muir on one of his explorations of the Alaskan coast. He…