We’re getting ready to load up the Hiker Hauler and head for the Eastern Sierra. Will report back next weekend.
Tom's travels
Where I’m going next week
by tmangan • August 17, 2007 • 2 Comments
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…
Trails
Another Hike Half Dome author event
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rick Deutsch will talks about his book tonight at the new Sports Basement store at 1590 Bryant St. in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. (415) 575-3000. More on the event here.
Photography
East Bay Parks photo contest
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
East Bay Regional Park District wants your best pictures taken in the district’s parks. If you win, you earn the right to have the district decorate its Web site with the fruits of your labor at no compensation whatsoever. Of…
Wildlife
Killer in the woods: sudden oak death
by tmangan • August 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
ScienceDaily has an excellent overview of Sudden Oak Death, which is a nasty, vicious disease that can knock out wide stretches of forest. It sort of challenges the assumption that getting people into the woods will encourage them to protect…
Media (books, DVDs, etc)
Stanford exhibit on Yosemite
by tmangan • August 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
The Hike Half Dome blog lists a bunch of interesting Yosemite-related happenings at Stanford University at the Cantor Art Center. The main attraction is an exhibit —
Backpacking
Backpacking with dogs update
by tmangan • August 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
We didn’t exactly get a crush of replies to the request for places to take a pooch backpacking. (Well, it’s August, maybe everybody’s out camping in the High Sierra. I know Rebecca at Calipidder.com is hiking the John Muir Trail.)…
In the news
$31,000 in reward money for dog-poisoning culprit
by tmangan • August 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
There’s going to be hell to pay for whoever put out the gopher poison that ended up killing three dogs on a trail in Marin. From the Chron’s latest update: The reward has grown to more than $31,000 since Tuesday,…
Blogs
Marin trail-running blog
by tmangan • August 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
Here’s a blog by a guy hoping to jog all the trails in Marin County. It’s a daunting task, which may explain why it hasn’t been updated in awhile. Even so, the trails covered include descriptions, trail facts and maps…