Szu-Ting Yi, aka Little Po, is climbing Grand Teton next summer through a program that raises money to get inner-city youth out into the wilderness. She needs to raise $3,500. As long as the Christmas Spirit is in you, you…
Monthly Archives: December 2006
American Hiking Society job opening
by tmangan • December 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
The non-profit promoting hiking across the United States has an interesting opening in Silver Spring, MD. The Marketing and Outreach Coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing communications and media strategies, including identifying and responding to media opportunities, drafting releases,…
Beyond the Grizzly Flat trailhead
by tmangan • December 24, 2006 • 1 Comment
Skyline Boulevard, otherwise known as California Route 35, runs along the spine of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is among the prettiest drives in the Bay Area. One of the nice things about Skyline is that if you take a…
Flickr pic o’ the day runner up
by tmangan • December 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Big waves at Pt Lobos, originally uploaded by Tom Clifton. Tom Clifton just posted this swell pic, “Big waves at Pt Lobos,” to his photo stream. The locale is Sea Lion Point at Point Lobos south of Carmel.
Climb_CA is a daddy (again)!
by tmangan • December 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Ebomb over at GoBlog breaks the news, then (as predictable as the Seattle rains in December) he launches into tirade No. 4375 against The North Face’s latest marketing follies. Not much Christmas spirit in that guy. Climb_CA (who blogs under…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Almost there!, originally uploaded by sarajanidlo. “Almost there!” from the photo stream of sarajanidlo The scene is along the trail to the Mount Kilimanjaro summit.
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 23, 2006 • 3 Comments
Traveling Musician, LOL, originally uploaded by Paige Falk. “Traveling Musician, LOL” from the photo stream of Paige Falk. The scene is her husband on the John Muir Trail/PCT at Forester Pass in the High Sierra. More of Paige’s pictures here.
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • December 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Katie 12, originally uploaded by matthewblakepowers. “Katie 12” from the photo stream of matthewblakepowers. The scene is Peninsula State Park near Door County, Wisconsin.
Now here’s where I want to go hiking
by tmangan • December 22, 2006 • 1 Comment
Right up a ski run. “Where there used to be six or eight folks hiking up the runs at dawn, there are now as many as 100 on a busy day, and many of those folks are hiking up the…