Now that I’ve listed my gear, I may as well tell where I found it. Just about everything worth having is available online, but it helps to see stuff in the store. Anything requiring an exact fit — shoes and…
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All my goodies
by tmangan • February 7, 2005 • 4 Comments
This is a supreme act of geekery — A list of all my hiking gear: Packs Dana Designs Tattoosh 1500 You don’t need to know much about Dana, except that he builds comfy backpacks. This one is designed for people…
A Diablo day
by tmangan • January 30, 2005 • 3 Comments
The highest hill in these parts is Mount Diablo, which rises 3,849 feet above sea level amid the hills, flats and suburbs of Contra Costa County. Dominates the East Bay landscape. It can take all day to hike up there…
Among waterfalls at Uvas Canyon County Park
by tmangan • January 16, 2005 • 3 Comments
Mike and Cathy’s hiking club has a tradition of taking waterfall hikes after New Year’s. I went along on their first of the season Saturday at Uvas Canyon County Park in Morgan Hill, south of San Jose. The park is…
Where wetness abides
by tmangan • January 8, 2005 • 0 Comments
Rain? I got your rain. Here’s the view out my office window. It’s been like this most of the week, and it’s supposed to stay this way all weekend. Swell. We do have an interesting weather map, though: As you…
New year, new hike.
by tmangan • January 1, 2005 • 0 Comments
First thing I did on New Year’s morning was look outside to see how bad the weather was. It’s been crappy for a solid week, and I was feeling so cooped-up that I’d have gone out in a monsoon, just…
Mud, fog, hills: A day in the Sunol Wilderness
by tmangan • December 13, 2004 • 0 Comments
OK, I admit the side trip through the creek was a bad idea. I was just about done with a 12-mile trek through previously unhiked (by me) sections of Sunol Wilderness Regional Park. The day had two distinguishing features: fog…
A minor milestone
by tmangan • November 21, 2004 • 1 Comment
Back in July, when I was just starting to get serious about hiking, I wrote about hiking two peaks in two days — ambitious stuff for a 42-year-old rookie, really, because both of the trails are long and steep. The…
A Castle keeper
by tmangan • November 14, 2004 • 2 Comments
Sunday took me to Castle Rock State Park with a hiking club started by a guy named Mike and his wife, Kathy. The club’s called FOMFOK for Friends of Mike, Friends of Kathy. It’s mostly them and their pals but…