An old friend from college dropped me a note asking me to join Facebook.com. Many of you know how this works: once you get signed up you go trolling for acquaintances and ask them to join your friends list. This…

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A bit of hiking, a lot of gawking and picture-taking. Write-up at my homepage, mostly because I needed something to post over there.

Rick at BestHikes posted this video on YouTube:

Bob Coomber shares the gritty details in a forum at Backpacker.com: I’d been told by the team that once onto the final switchbacks it got flatter and easier. I was completely demoralized, once there, to find the opposite. The rocks…

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If you’re too busy to check out all 48 pictures posted at Flickr.com, I’m posting some of the faves. At some point I may post an in-depth narrative of all the fun and games, but I’d just as soon avoid…

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UPDATE: Photo slide show posted at Flickr.com The facts: On Friday, Bob Coomber completed a 5.5-mile hike lasting 20 hours over three days on the rocky, rutted Jeep road to the top of White Mountain, the first known wheelchair summit…

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Bob Coomber, AKA 4WheelBob, summitted White Mountain last night as the sun set on the High Sierra. I’m posting from the Super 8 in Bishop so I have to dash… it’s a six-hour drive back to San Jose, and I’m…

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I’ve alluded to this in previous posts but this one will be the general summation: 4WheelBob thinks he can wheel himself to the summit of White Mountain in the Eastern Sierra near Big Pine, CA. I’m going to tag along…

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