It’s come to my attention that St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, falls on a Saturday this year, which sounds like an excellent excuse to wet the whistle with foamy malt-based beverages after a few hours on the trail. So, here’s…

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I have a five-day weekend and plan to pretend every day is Saturday till next Tuesday, so blogging will be light until then. It so happens, though, that a couple people e-mailed me with links to their sites yesterday that…

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We hiked four hours along the misty ridges of Las Trampas Regional Wilderness, just up the road from San Ramon. Mount Diablo poked above the mist like the Kilimanjaro wannabe that it is. Temperatures, mild; winds, just enough to dry…

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… for the Groundhog Day Invitational; all systems go. I’ll post pics later for all who were unable to make it.

So this Saturday is the get-together at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near San Ramon. Host Tom Gambolin Man McGuire has as staked out a route he describes thusly: Strenuous ascent of up to 1000 ft maybe to attain ridge heights…

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Hope y’all behaved while I was away. Write-up of my Yosemite travels is here.

We’ve decided to head up to Yosemite for a few days so no blogging till Friday, but I should have some good pictures.

Blogging will be light. Not going anywhere special but I don’t plan to spend much time typing into a computer screen.

I’m afraid I’m going to have to bail on plans for the Hiker Hoedown at Trail Days this year (news of which will send ripples of joy across the fair burg of Damascus, Va). The main reason is financial: after…

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