Jesse at Treknologies.com is back at it after taking a half-year off (this is what sane people do when they have, like, lives outside their blogs) and has an excellent guide for getting in shape. One of his tips: 3)…
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Mount Diablo
Three peaks at Mount Diablo
by tmangan • January 21, 2007 • 4 Comments
I get some of my best ideas in the shower. Sunday morning I was somewhere between the wash and rinse cycles when I realized I had to go to Mount Diablo, hike up to a knob at about 3,000 feet…
Henry Coe State Park
Getting my feet wet
by tmangan • April 16, 2006 • 1 Comment
Before I get to this week’s hike, I have to revisit last week, when the instructor of my lightweight backpacking class mentioned having gone on a hike that required something like 50 stream crossings. Somebody asked if he changed out…
Blogs
Catching up on our links
by tmangan • February 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Let’s see what the blog roll turned up: Outdoor Sports Blog links to an excellent Anchorage Daily News story about a snowshoer who died in an avalanche; the story restates the meme that a little avalanche knowledge is a dangerous…
Wildlife
Good thing the grizzly wasn’t hungry
by tmangan • November 24, 2005 • 0 Comments
No bald jokes please. He lost a chunk of scalp to a defensive mama grizzly. The Otters were carrying bear repellent, but there was no time to react. The mother bear lunged at the two hikers. All Johan Otter remembers…
Pinnacles National Monument
At the Pinnacles
by tmangan • March 13, 2005 • 3 Comments
A stand of strange, wonderful rock formations called the Pinnacles National Monument lies about 80 miles south of San Jose. Getting a good look at the place means four hours of driving for five hours of hiking. I went with…