The Mercury News has posted my review of Barbara Egbert’s “Zero Days,” which recounts her 2004 Pacific Crest Trail through-hike with her husband and 10-year-old daughter. Excerpt: Egbert and Chambers, who live in Sunol, started taking their daughter on backpacking…
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Author visit moved
by tmangan • October 17, 2007 • 0 Comments
Michelle Waitzman of “Sex in a Tent” fame won’t be appearing at a couple Bay Area REI stores, I’m told. Instead, she’ll be at the Marmot Mountain Works store at 3049 Adeline St. in Berkeley 5-7 pm Nov. 13 to…
Delving into “Zero Days”
by tmangan • October 17, 2007 • 1 Comment
So 4WheelBob is not the only chaser-of-remarkable-firsts in my acquaintance. It so happens that a woman I work with hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004 with her 10-year-old daughter, the youngest ever to hike the whole trail. Barb Egbert…
Author’s event: “Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand Canyon”
by tmangan • October 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
Elias Butler of Flagstaff, Arizona, has co-authored this book about a guy who spent a lifetime exploring the nooks and crannies of the Grand Canyon (nooks-and-crannies capital of the known universe). He’ll give a hiking slide show at the REI…
“Sex in a Tent” author on tour
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 1 Comment
Michelle Waitzman wants all nookie-loving hikers to know her new book, “Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature,” will be released on Oct. 15. CORRECTION: She’ll be at the Marmot Mountain Works store at…
Last thoughts on “Into the Wild”
by tmangan • September 30, 2007 • 5 Comments
Well, I’ve got this nagging urge to write some more about “Into the Wild” — mainly because I’ve been having a hard time reconciling my first impressions with those of everybody who’s raving about what a great film it is.…
Just back from “Into the Wild”
by tmangan • September 28, 2007 • 4 Comments
First thing you need to know is that “Into the Wild” is not about the wilderness. The protagonist does starve to death in the Alaskan outback; he does carry a backpack; he does go on epic hikes; he does paddle…
“Into the Wild” opens locally
by tmangan • September 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
This link at Rotten Tomatoes shows all the Bay Area theaters screening “Into the Wild,” for those who are interested in checking it out. Mercury News critic Bruce Newman liked the fllck: Sean Penn’s remarkable film goes beyond the central…
“Into the Wild” reviews
by tmangan • September 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
Sean Penn’s film based on Jon Krakauers’ famous book opens in Los Angeles and New York today, with wider release in two weeks. Advance notices are mostly positive. Among those who liked it: Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly: Wandering the desert…