Steve Sergeant sent me an e-mail last night wondering about the status of the Ho Down, whose planning I’ve been willfully neglecting for some weeks now. Here’s the deal: If y’all want to organize a meet-up, go for it, but…
Outdoor Blogger Ho Down
Any interest in a Ho Down II?
by tmangan • July 27, 2007 • 7 Comments
I have vacation the last two weeks of September, which means I’m free for an outing either the weekend of Sept. 22-23, or 29-30. Last year’s outing at Gumboot Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest was great fun attended by…
Ho Down 2006 clean-up
by tmangan • October 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Last post on 2006 stuff, I promise. For bookkeeping purposes, here’s one last list of Ho Down-related links: Fedak’s pix here. LittlePo’s write-up here. GoBlog write-up here. BestHikes post here. Many more of Rick’s pix here. Winehiker Russ’s write-up here.…
One more Ho Down post …
by tmangan • October 10, 2006 • 2 Comments
… and I’ll give it a rest for awhile. I just wanted to provide quick impressions of the people I met over the weekend. Climb_CA: Much nicer in person. Tall and buff, able to scale impossible rock scrambles on no…
So long, Shasta; Hello, Damascus
by tmangan • October 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
The weekend after Mother’s Day is Trail Days 2007 in Damascus, Virginia. I’ve made up my mind I’m going. Rick of Best Hikes has the dates — May 18, 19, 20 — penciled it in, and Cutter says he can…
Images from the Ho down
by tmangan • October 9, 2006 • 4 Comments
We drove, we drank, we hiked, we dined. We slept under a stupendous autumn moon, snacked at the foot an immense exctinct volcano. Good times, as Winehiker Russ put it. With no further ado, here are my pictures from the…
The Ho Down scoop
by tmangan • October 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
Tom of Trout Underground has posted a couple pictures from our weekend outing near Mount Shasta. Heres’ one post. Here’s another. I’m busy unpacking and restowing gear but I’ll try to get some pictures posted this morning.
Ho Down weekend is upon us
by tmangan • October 5, 2006 • 1 Comment
Rick‘s flying in from Canada, Szu-Ting‘s flying over from Philly and a quartet of Bay Area bloggers are meeting Mr. Trout Underground near Mount Shasta around dinnertime for food, camping and chit-chat. Saturday we hike a bit of the Pacific…
Ho Down update
by tmangan • September 15, 2006 • 2 Comments
These are the confirmed bloggers for the Mt. Shasta meetup: Little Po Trout Underground Fedak Wine Hiker GoBlog Best Hikes GoBlog has also invited every biking blogger on earth, but has no takers so far. Note that Rick McCharles, of…