This rather lurid report from the local NBC affiliate has the most details on the passing of hiker Linda Fradkin, 57, of San Mateo, who died yesterday at Santa Theresa County Park. Condolences to her family and friends.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
In praise of coyotes
by tom • June 29, 2009 • 1 Comment
Bay Nature has an excellent short video on the virtues of coyotes. Bottom line: the presence of large predators in an ecosystem proves it’s working at all levels.
Twitter feed for hiking gear deals
by tom • June 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
I’m frankly getting sick of filling all my perfectly good Bay Area hiking pages with a constant stream of merchandising (and I imagine it’s 10 times worse in your case). So I created a Twitter feed where I’ll post all…
Gear scans for geeky types
by tom • June 27, 2009 • 0 Comments
You knew this had to be coming: scans on all the GPS and other outdoor electronic goodies at my retail affiliates. Click and be happy: REI: Truly rare deals because they rarely mark this stuff down. Backcountry: 20 percent off…
Where do you hike when it’s really hot?
by tom • June 26, 2009 • 8 Comments
It’s supposed to be in the 90s or worse in the South Bay this weekend. Finding some Redwoods is an obvious choice: a few summers back I hiked at Big Basin with a Chinese gent and we found it north…
Cool, hiking as euphemism for hanky-panky
by tom • June 26, 2009 • 5 Comments
Credit: Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A couple upgraded gear scans
by tom • June 25, 2009 • 0 Comments
I added a 30% down scan for Patagonia (Backcountry has a bunch of their winter stuff marked down) and a new 40%-down scan for REI. I’ll get back to writing about walking on dirt tomorrow, I promise!
Gambolin Man does Vasco Caves
by tom • June 24, 2009 • 1 Comment
Only way to see the Vasco Caves is via guided tour — Ol’ Tom from Berkeley provides the next best thing. According to our affable guide, Mike Moran, a naturalist with the East Bay Regional Park District, “a lot comes…
Latest hike: Phleger Estate
by tom • June 22, 2009 • 1 Comment
You have to earn the privilege of enjoying a Phleger Estate hike. Just getting to the best part of it — a sublime grove of redwoods along the Raymundo and Mount Redondo trails — requires a two-mile out-and-back, either from…