redwood magical fog sunlight steam, originally uploaded by ((brian)). “Redwood magical fog sunlight steam,” from the photostream of ((brian-m)). The scene is at Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve in Sonoma County. Brian’s Web site is here.
Monthly Archives: December 2006
This is retirement?
by tmangan • December 18, 2006 • 1 Comment
In an article on distance junkies, Florida Today mentions Ed Eberhart of Titusville, who’s been hiking up a storm since retiring in 1998. The 68-year-old who goes by the trail name of Nimblewill Nomad has walked 17,000 miles since 1998.…
Great Wall, great walk
by tmangan • December 18, 2006 • 0 Comments
For those who missed this link at Best Hikes last week, Walking the Wall is an amazing account of a couple hiking along the route of China’s Great Wall. One of the great things about this site is that the…
Another one catches the bug
by tmangan • December 18, 2006 • 0 Comments
Cynthia Leeder e-mailed applauding my posts at Busy Being Born and pointed out she’s has caught the hiking/picture-taking/posting-it-on-the-Web bug. A page of her Bay Area hikes is here. Cynthia says she’s only recently gotten into the whole walking-on-dirt thing but…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 1 Comment
ontopoftheworld, originally uploaded by iwriteplays. “ontopoftheworld” from the photostream of iwriteplays. Scene is Little Baldy at Sequoia National Park. iwriteplays owns the Hiking LA blog. Her write-up of this hike is here.
On top of ol’ Whitney
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 2 Comments
Rick of Best Hikes has posted a page telling all the nasty details about getting to the top of Mount Whitney. Why Rick likes the Whitney hike: no climbing gear needed surprisingly easy if you get good weather it’s a…
Avalanche video
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 1 Comment
Backcountry Blog links to a video showing how to use a shovel to determine snow stability. I realize this will require you to venture out into actual snow to test it out.
How far could you hike in 100 years?
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
The American College of Physicians Observer profiles Edgar Wayburn, who practiced medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in the ’30s but developed an obsession to save wild lands from development. For the next seven decades, Dr. Wayburn devoted…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
Roof, originally uploaded by S*W*Q. “Roof,” from the photostream of S*W*Q Ready for your close-up? Wilderness Trailcraft suggests getting your macro on.