Barb Egbert, my through-hiking former co-worker, has a couple more bookstore events coming up (like a twit I missed one the other day in Fremont) focusing on “Zero Days,” her book about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004 with…
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Nice lightweight-backing blog: Brett on Stuff
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 1 Comment
Brett does most of his hiking in the Pacific Northwest but he has been known to haunt the higher elevations of California. Check out the post count on each of these categories at his blog: Food Reviews (6) Gear Reviews…
Latest hikes column: Monte Bello Open Space
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
From this morning’s Mercury News: If you’ve got a mind to do one crazy thing this summer, try hiking in the hot sun at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. The park in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Los Altos…
Book event for hikers with dogs
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
Linda and David Mullally, authors of “Best Hikes with Dogs: Central California,” will sign books and give a slide show at the REI in Mountain View, REI Mountain View, 2450 Charleston Road, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. Note: Backpacking…
High-altitude hiking
by tom • July 2, 2008 • 6 Comments
Those of you not chained to the local trails by a Newspaper column about nearby hikes may actually experience the thrill of sacrificing 50 percent of your lung capacity because the view’s so much better up there in the Real…
Dan White’s backcountry don’ts
by tom • July 2, 2008 • 5 Comments
I keep blogging about Dan White, hoping some of his writing skills will rub off, but anyway, Mr. Cactus Eater shows some promise as an outdoor blogger with a list of things not to do on a backpacking trip. Highlights:…
State of the blog update
by tom • July 1, 2008 • 8 Comments
The first half of ’08 is over, so what the heck, let’s look at how things are going around here. I shifted to Bay Area coverage around this time last year and installed a Google Analytics counter to measure our…