Mountain Hardwear’s moving into the old Ford Assembly Point at Ford Point in Richmond in a couple weeks. Because the company is just down the road from Berkeley, it’s all about the sustainability these days — and plans to use…
Yearly Archives: 2008
Sutter Buttes: a way in
by tom • March 5, 2008 • 7 Comments
We’d been driving all day — up to I80 to Highway 89 and Sierraville near Tahoe, looping over to Quincy on Highway 70 and returning on the same road to Oroville and back down out of the mountains into the…
Terrain class rating system
by tom • March 5, 2008 • 0 Comments
Here’s a video describing those “class” ratings you may see on discussion boards like summitpost.com. It’s the Welzenbach System. Class 1 is basic hiking, on trail and off; class 5 is straight up the rock face with ropes, pitons and…
Trekking poles video
by tom • March 5, 2008 • 12 Comments
Found this gem on Youtube: Because it’s a local TV news report — and therefore trivialized in the most fingernails-on-a-chalkboard means possible — there is at least one fact error for alert viewers to watch for. Video posted by Trekking…
Berry Creek Falls via Skyline to the Sea Trail
by tom • March 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
One for the it’s-hell-getting-old file (whose corollary is “holy shit I get more like my old man every day”): My dad got his absent-mindedness from his old man and thoughtfully passed it along to me. Because I’ve been trying to…
Berry Creek Falls today
by tom • March 3, 2008 • 6 Comments
I’m doing the big loop at Big Basin to check out the water flow … pix & chatter tonight.
Traffic was terrible here yesterday…
by tom • March 2, 2008 • 5 Comments
Which means you kids were out there hiking where you belong! Today’s my wife’s birthday so I’m keeping her entertained all day … back with more juicy hiking coverage tomorrow.
Calipidder reviews Garmin’s Colorado GPS
by tom • February 29, 2008 • 2 Comments
I can’t seem to pull the trigger on buying a GPS unit, but Rebecca has no such reticence. She has an in-depth collection of first impressions of the new Garmin Colorado 400t GPS unit. Among them: The 400t model includes…
Link payback to Rocky at The Goat
by tom • February 29, 2008 • 9 Comments
If you’re a gear hound, you’re probably already one of Rocky Thompson’s devoted readers. If not, the back story: Rocky’s the guy Backcountry.com brought in to be the company’s tell-it-like-it-is gear blogger. I have no idea what they’re paying him,…