Mountain Network News, a local monthly newspaper serving Los Gatos and the Santa Cruz Mountains, has an excellent page of hikes throughout the Bay Area. The site’s keeper is one Neil Wiley, who gets extra credit for a) owning a…
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Falling over ourselves
by tmangan • October 1, 2007 • 1 Comment
It’s October, which means: a) Rainy season could start any day now. Dig your gaiters back out. b) Some trees will turn color (but most won’t). c) Shadeless East and South Bay parks are livable again. d) Big hairy spiders…
How hikers get lost
by tmangan • September 28, 2007 • 9 Comments
Fresno Bee has a story on two people who were lost in Yosemite recently — one lived, one didn’t. It’s called the “cascade effect” — a catchy name for the way one mistake leads to another, and a quick explanation…
So, what was the weather like yesterday?
by tmangan • September 20, 2007 • 1 Comment
Well, you wouldn’t have wanted to spend much time up in the hills where it was really blowing. Which is to say, that’s exactly where I was for about six hours. I’ve had it in my head for some time…
Facts on the Santa Cruz Mountains
by tmangan • September 5, 2007 • 2 Comments
From ABC of Hiking: The area now occupied by the San Cruz Mountains was, in pre-hisortic time, the entrance to a vast inland sea that encompassed central California’s San Joaquin Valley. These mountains lie on a large section of land…
Hiking to fight cancer
by tmangan • August 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
Hike for Discovery is a fund-raising arm of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society that combines adventures with raising awareness and research dollars. A co-worker of mine did a Grand Canyon hike with the group a few years back. Here’s a…
Taking the dog hiking
by tmangan • August 10, 2007 • 1 Comment
Carol Severin of the East Bay Regional Park District pens a bunch of hiking tips for dog owners. Among the highlights: Don’t let your dog chase squirrels, rabbits, deer, etc or run up to other park visitors. Pack out dog…
Dead cars along the trail
by tmangan • July 30, 2007 • 6 Comments
I once hiked six miles to see a single riveted shard of old fighter jet fuselage … any bit of wreckage gives me a bit of a thrill (sick, I know). While plane wrecks are rare enough to discourage getting…
Finding hikes: Yelp.com
by tmangan • July 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
If you ever poke around googling local restaurants or stores you might find reviews at yelp.com. The other day I was looking for something else at the site and absent-mindedly typed in “hiking” in Yelp’s search field and discovered there…