Remember the picture of the hiking route that consisted of planks bolted into a Chinese cliffside with chains for hand holds? Well, an industrious Web surfer tracked down a bunch more pictures and a written account by an American, who…
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Boutique hiking gear makers
by tom • February 27, 2008 • 6 Comments
I’ve added a list of small companies that build cool gear way down on my right-hand rail. It’s not like this is really free advertising because these links generate about three clicks a century — they’re really just there so…
The other half dome
by tom • February 27, 2008 • 1 Comment
Rick D. says it’s in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Sokehs Rock, or Paipalap, juts out and towers over the northern extreme of Sokehs Island. About five hundred feet from base to summit, the massive basalt formation is easily…
Waterfall photography, what I learned yesterday
by tom • February 26, 2008 • 12 Comments
I’m learning something new about taking pictures of moving water pretty much every time I go out. The coolest waterfall imagery, to my mind, has a certain flow that you don’t get by setting your camera on “automatic” and hoping…
Gambolin Man at Point Reyes
by tom • February 26, 2008 • 0 Comments
Tom had a nice walk the other day from the Bear Valley Visitors Center. In all honesty, I’m totally blown away by this hike, the land that it goes through, where it ends up. Although flat and easy, and no…
Murietta Falls report
by tom • February 25, 2008 • 9 Comments
Murietta Falls musings: The thing to do when you’re already hiking 12 miles with over 4,300 feet of uphill climb is to tag a few more on because the view’s a little better. Another thing to do is stand in…
Murietta Falls: Perfect weather to check it out
by tom • February 25, 2008 • 4 Comments
My days off are Sunday-Monday these days, which means I get a trails-to-myself day at least once a week if I want it. Today strikes me as perfect one to check out Murietta Falls on the Ohlone Trail: a day…
Totally off topic, but I reviewed the movie that just won Best Picture
by tom • February 24, 2008 • 0 Comments
It’s over at my home page. (Well, a lot of the movie happens in the outdoors and the central character does a bit of hiking to find a bunch of money that he decides to keep, putting a homicidal lunatic…
Why we hike, Version 413,463,271.3
by tom • February 24, 2008 • 4 Comments
The Hiking group at flickr.com weighed the question, which I haven’t revisited in a while so I figured what the heck, why not post a link. I used to have all the standard reasons — solitude, exercise, communing with nature,…