This may seem hard to believe, but I’ve had to dwell on some non-hiking-related issues of late that have seriously crimped my blogging lifestyle. With any luck this state of things will be clarified/resolved in the next couple weeks and…
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Gambolin’ Man’s best o’ 2007
by tom • January 4, 2008 • 3 Comments
Tom offers a big wet kiss to Bay Area trails. … here I remain, a quarter of a century later, no worse for wear (except for that nagging bum ankle). But I still often ask myself, “What am I doing…
Latest Hikes column: Uvas Canyon County Park
by tom • January 3, 2008 • 2 Comments
Posted today at www.mercurynews.com Uvas Canyon County Park inspires hikers to pray for rain. Mountain springs keep a trickle of water running down the park’s steep canyons most of the year, but the rainy season turns the park into a…
What do you want to do this year?
by tom • January 2, 2008 • 9 Comments
I have no plans to speak of, but I do know that it never hurts to get an early start planning on adventures that require long walks across a mountainous wilderness. For instance, you could always climb Mount Whitney, though…
Fedak’s year in review
by tom • December 31, 2007 • 3 Comments
Guess that ankle’s healed, he finished two 30-milers in 2007. More importantly: I’m planning on working much less and hiking much more in 2008. At least he’s getting his priorities in order. Just noticed he’s got big plans for 2008.
2007 in images, a look back
by tom • December 28, 2007 • 5 Comments
As good a time as any to take a fond look back on all the fine pics posted here in the past 12 months. So, one from each month: January My pal Vindu from work, most of the way up…
Fatal tiger attack
by tom • December 26, 2007 • 3 Comments
I must’ve been enjoying my one-day Christmas vacation, because I completely missed the most amazing news story of, well, many of the past few years. Somehow a 350-pound female tiger escaped its holding pen at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday,…
Sunol-Ohlone advice request
by tom • December 26, 2007 • 11 Comments
A reader who likes to hike alone in the Sunol/Ohlone Wilderness areas dropped me an e-mail asking for suggestions on what to do in an emergency, since there’s no cell phone reception out that way. A few things spring to…
What I got for Christmas: Pioneer Inno XM Satellite Radio receiver
by tom • December 26, 2007 • 4 Comments
Melissa got me one of these nifty satellite radio receivers, which could come in handy on hikes. Normally I prefer to hear the sounds of the outdoors but not every hike is going to be all that interesting, soundwise, so…