I’ve been on group hikes where folks carry along little two-way radios, which are a notch above those walkie-talkies we played with as kids. The range isn’t great, especially when there are hills and trees in the way, but as…
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New Facebook page
by tom • July 29, 2008 • 4 Comments
Two-Heel Drive now has a Facebook page for all you Web 2.0 types. It’s actually a handy thing to have around: it lets fans post pictures, and allows events to be posted and discussions to be created. Now all we…
Victoria on Tomales Point
by tom • July 29, 2008 • 0 Comments
The webmistress of the Flirty ‘n’ Dirty blog generally runs trails vs. walking them, but she’s had a raft of nice trail descriptions of late. She was at one of my faves, Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore, the…
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…
iPhone 3G: any good in the outdoors?
by tom • July 21, 2008 • 11 Comments
After 15 years of resistance I have finally acquired a mobile phone. Of course it could not be one of those el-cheapo throwaways sensible people own. It had to be an iPhone because, well, Steve Jobs sends secret messages to…
No proof a mountain lion attacked that hiker at Foothills Park
by tom • July 14, 2008 • 3 Comments
Something about that story set off my B.S. detector at about 6 p.m. today … which may very well have been when investigators were making up their minds that there wasn’t a lick of proof that the guy who fell…
Added the Twitter plugin…
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 0 Comments
Now all my posts should also be tweets. Assuming Twitter hasn’t crashed again.
Please go hike somewhere today
by tom • July 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
I’m stuck working today, so trod some dirt in my honor.
Book event for hikers with dogs
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
Linda and David Mullally, authors of “Best Hikes with Dogs: Central California,” will sign books and give a slide show at the REI in Mountain View, REI Mountain View, 2450 Charleston Road, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. Note: Backpacking…