Before dawn on the 22nd of August last year, I got up early to catch the sight of the sun illuminating the peaks of the High Sierra just west of Bishop. Here’s one of the pictures I took: I stopped…
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Mission Peak in the afternoon
by tom • January 28, 2008 • 4 Comments
The light at Mission Peak was amazing this afternoon. In honor of my previous post linking to my first-ever Mission Peak summit, I decided to head up there again this afternoon. Oddly enough, after days and days of storms and…
Gorillapod thoughts
by tom • December 10, 2007 • 6 Comments
I bought one of these Gorillapod tripods last spring and finally made up my mind to take it out in the woods and see how handy it is for hiking. Turns out it works pretty well — it stands on…
Hiking & photography
by tom • December 7, 2007 • 12 Comments
Ask Steve why he never takes a camera hiking and he’ll mention the boxes & boxes of slides from backpacking trips of days gone by that he never looks at anymore. Then there’s Dan, who could equip a polar expedition…
San Jose man a finalist in wildlife photo contest
by tom • December 6, 2007 • 1 Comment
Stephen W. Oachs of San Jose won first place in the “Mammals, Amateur” category of National Wildlife Magazine’s 2007 photo contest. Oachs photographed play-fighting grizzlies near Yellowstone National Park at a nonprofit preserve for bears and wolves. The rest of…
Rescue practice at Henry Coe
by tom • December 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Cynthia caught a squad doing a helicopter rescue drill at the park over the weekend.