Rebecca and her hubby head out to the desert for Thanksgiving every year, and their Death Valley/Mojave travels are always worth a peek. She has several posts planned. From the first major entry: We swang through Barstow for gas and…
Blogs
Shout-out to Husky Hiker
by tom • December 5, 2008 • 0 Comments
Jim Bradley started this site to log his weight-loss progress. He’s down 25 pounds already but he’s starting from upwards of 300 pounds, so he’s got a ways to go. His story: I grew up in a small town in…
Gear
Contest: Win one free goodie from KEENFOOTWEAR.COM
by tom • December 5, 2008 • 1 Comment
THIS CONTEST IS EXPIRED. KEEN has a new online footwear store and it’s spreading the word by setting up contest giveaways with gullible enterprising outdoors bloggers. What’s in this for me? Not much, but one of you could win the…
Hiking
Coming tomorrow: a contest!
by tom • December 4, 2008 • 0 Comments
I’ve been busily working away this morning on a contest that’ll allow a lucky soul to win a product of their choosing at a new outdoor footwear site. It’ll start tomorrow morning and last a week. I usually pass on…
Blogs
Whazzup around the local hiking blogs
by tom • December 3, 2008 • 1 Comment
The other day I organized all my local RSS feeds so I could easily plop some links in here. These days there’s plenty to work with. A few links from the past few weeks to ponder this morning: Non-local exception…
Gear
Mountain Hardwear’s coolest new thing: Red Savina Heated Gloves
by tom • December 2, 2008 • 0 Comments
East Bay-based Mountain Hardwear has what must be the niftiest bit of new gear in the pipeline: Red Savina Heated Gloves. They’re more geared to the skiing and snowboarding set but they might be, uh, handy on a snowshoeing outing.…
Blogs
Mystery tent at Sequoia National Park
by tom • December 2, 2008 • 5 Comments
Hiker Hell posts a Hiker What the Heck? Park rangers are seeking information on a tent left well-stocked near the Twin Lakes area of Sequoia National Park, California. The campsite contains gear, food supplies, but no information on the owner.…
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Saratoga Gap to Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
by tom • December 1, 2008 • 2 Comments
I’m just about done for the day when a half-dozen 6- and 7-year-olds come barreling down the trail on their baby BMX bikes. I’m thinking, “don’t their dads know this is a state park and bikes aren’t allowed on these…
Hiking
Bond Gurl’s new URL
by tom • December 1, 2008 • 0 Comments
A quick note: Rebecca Bond’s hiking site has moved to http://rambling.rebeccabond.com/. Bonus eye candy: Rebecca’s pictures from Glacier National Park.