SVMoms blog has a post describing one mom’s habit of walking to the Stanford Dish: The first couple of times it was all I could do to struggle up and down the hills while remembering to breathe. Then, as I…
Blogs
Rick’s desert adventure
by tmangan • November 1, 2007 • 3 Comments
Rick Deutsch, the Hike Halfdome guy, joined some of us for a 14-miler at Mount Diablo on Sunday. He had to get back to town to fly off to Las Vegas, where he met a pal who took him hiking…
Utterly unrelated to hiking, but…
by tmangan • October 25, 2007 • 0 Comments
I stumbled across the blog of an Ontario writer who calls the site Burning Silo. The account of how the blog got its name is a hoot. The main page does have some excellent outdoor pix from a visit to…
New blog: Trailspotting
by tmangan • October 16, 2007 • 3 Comments
Here’s a link that just came in over the transom: www.trailspotting.com … which aspires to be a compendium of trail info for Northern California. As of this moment there’s only a pair of hikes posted, but they do describe places…
For all you high-pointers
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Random Curiosity topped the towering Jacks Peak (elev. 1,068), which he describes as the highest point overlooking Monterey Bay. It’s about a third of a mile from the parking lot. Because such a short hike was hardly satisfying, I continued…
NorCal Explorer blog
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
Tom Spaulding of Sacramento has a bunch of intriguing posts at his blog, which combines hike write-ups and descriptions of local oddities — mainly goofy signs and obsolete roadside attractions. The most recent post describes a hike to Alamere Falls,…
Bay Area Critic’s hikes
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
The Bay Area Critic blog has a hiking category where the blog’s owner posts group hike announcements. It’s handy if you’re trolling for outing ideas.
Ice fishing in the Maine woods
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 1 Comment
Kevin Ellingwood dropped me a note about his site, Mainemine.com, which is devoted to outdoorsy stuff in the far, far northeast, where the winters compare favorably to a well-digger’s fanny. He’s starting a blog, natch, which includes a rambling but…
4WheelBob’s blog
by tmangan • October 1, 2007 • 2 Comments
Some of you have already noticed this, but for those who haven’t: Bob Coomber has started blogging. His latest post answers questions provoked by the unexpected sight of a wheelchair rider in the wilderness. A highlight: Do you carry a…