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…
Trails
One-day Half Dome hike seminar
by tmangan • September 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rick Deutsch of Hike Half Dome fame is conducting a course from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 20, on preparing for that one-day hike everybody must either a) do before they die; or b) not do for fear of…
Hiking
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…
Henry Coe State Park
Henry Coe open (sort of)
by tmangan • September 19, 2007 • 1 Comment
The unburnt areas have been open since Saturday, it turns out. This forum page at MTBR.com has a bunch of details from mountain bikers who’ve scouted the place (scroll down to post 246). Lots of familiar places are off limits…
Tom's travels
Rick’s 4WheelBob video
by tmangan • September 19, 2007 • 6 Comments
Rick at BestHikes posted this video on YouTube:
Point Lobos State Preserve
Point Lobos on a weekday in mid-September
by tmangan • September 18, 2007 • 1 Comment
This could well be the best time of the year to drop in on the Point Lobos State Preserve south of Carmel — with lingering summery warmth but just enough of the fog layer remaining to make things interesting. If…
Uvas Canyon County Park
Some pix from Uvas Canyon
by tmangan • September 16, 2007 • 1 Comment
Melissa and I stopped by Uvas Canyon County Park for a few hours on Sunday. I wanted to see if there was any water in the waterfalls. There was, but not much. The pix: A bridge near the beginning of…
Backpacking light
Dan on bivy camping
by tmangan • September 14, 2007 • 3 Comments
Dan Mitchell describes a couple days in the Sierra in which he was obliged to ride out a rain shower in the close confines of a bivy sack. He also had to figure out how one inserts one’s wet body…
Blogs
Where to host your hiking blog
by tmangan • September 13, 2007 • 4 Comments
The owner of outdoorsblogger.com, no doubt influenced by the flashes of fame and rivers of wealth that reward blogging on the joys of walking upright on dirt — has not just created his own outdoors blog: he’s made it possible…