OK, so I’ve been a bit productive. What I’ve done since yesterday: Living with lightning. Ankle protection What absolute beginners need to know.
Tom’s travels
All new: The Hike Reports Page
by tom • August 13, 2008 • 0 Comments
Check it out. I tossed it together this morning because, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The page has an RSS feed and everything, so it could be fun, though it will oblige people to actually…
Hike Hacker update: please lend a hack
by tom • August 11, 2008 • 1 Comment
UPDATE: with the new site up and running, you may as well head over there.
High Sierra road trip
by tom • July 16, 2008 • 6 Comments
So I’m on vacation this week and needed to do some vacating yesterday, so Melissa and I headed for the hills. We took Ebbett’s Pass, lunched with a through-hiker and gave him a ride into Markleeville, then headed down to…
Turning kids loose in nature
by tom • May 26, 2008 • 0 Comments
Dana Hull of the Mercury News talks to people who are trying to bring back the era of unstructured play and get kids interested in outdoor adventures. As summer approaches and Wii sales climb toward 10 million, a growing number…
Morgan Hill El Toro Hike of ’08, what I really think
by tom • April 6, 2008 • 2 Comments
Yesterday we were walking back to the car, admiring our certificates for completing the 2008 El Toro Hike of Morgan Hill, when Rebecca noted the 1,420-foot elevation and said “hey, all you’d have to do is add one digit and…
The Fourteener of Morgan Hill
by tom • April 5, 2008 • 12 Comments
(A first ascent, as it might have appeared in an adventure rag of your choosing). One day a year, they open the path to El Toro. Straight up the spine of the signature peak that glowers at the edge of…
Gear shop shuttered, Google ads gone
by tom • March 24, 2008 • 4 Comments
I noticed over the weekend I was experiencing pangs of longing to check out how my attempts at e-commerce were faring. Not something you want to experience on a camp-out. That was when I realized a) the buck-chasing (well, penny-chasing)…
Carrizo Plain pictures posted
by tom • March 23, 2008 • 1 Comment
They’re here. I’ll do a write-up later (probably tomorrow, actually).