Cool hiking-related stuff I did in summers past: 2007: Tagged along on 4WheelBob’s White Mountain conquest 2006: Vacationed at Zion/Bryce/Grand Canyon in Southern Utah. Went on overnighters to Tahoe National Forest and Emigrant Wilderness. Took Steve Sergeant’s lightweight backpacking course.…
Mangan’s memoirs
Where I’ve been
by tom • October 1, 2008 • 8 Comments
I’ve gotten no hiking done in the past couple weekends, and I’ve spent the last one healing up from a minor bit of doctor’s office slicing and dicing that has had two unfortunate side effects: no hiking or blogging. As…
New stuff at Hike Hacker
by tom • August 15, 2008 • 0 Comments
OK, so I’ve been a bit productive. What I’ve done since yesterday: Living with lightning. Ankle protection What absolute beginners need to know.
All new: The Hike Reports Page
by tom • August 13, 2008 • 0 Comments
Check it out. I tossed it together this morning because, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The page has an RSS feed and everything, so it could be fun, though it will oblige people to actually…
Hike Hacker update: please lend a hack
by tom • August 11, 2008 • 1 Comment
UPDATE: with the new site up and running, you may as well head over there.
Building a new site: Hike Hacker
by tom • August 8, 2008 • 11 Comments
Hey, the domain was available (nothing there yet, though). So, here’s the deal: Having written about almost everyplace worth hiking in the Bay Area, I’m working on something new a site inspired by Life Hacker (and all the other “hacker”…
Blogging will resume tomorrow, I promise
by tom • July 24, 2008 • 2 Comments
Got my new smartphone just in time for my computer to die so it had to be replaced. Getting everything back together has been occupying most of my spare time, but the grim task is mostly done now (just in…
High Sierra road trip
by tom • July 16, 2008 • 6 Comments
So I’m on vacation this week and needed to do some vacating yesterday, so Melissa and I headed for the hills. We took Ebbett’s Pass, lunched with a through-hiker and gave him a ride into Markleeville, then headed down to…
Free at last!
by tom • July 14, 2008 • 8 Comments
The Hikes column in Thursday’s paper will be my last. For once it’s not an austerity measure imposed from above; it’s me being more frugal about my free time … basically all my hiking hours were going into the column,…