Pescadero’s the biggest of the three San Mateo County parks bunched together on the west side of the Santa Cruz Mountains north of Butano and Big Basin (the other two are Memorial and Sam McDonald.) Pescadero is hard to get…
In the news
In today’s Merc: Guy climbs trees while they’re still burning
by tom • June 12, 2008 • 2 Comments
How’s this for a coincidence: We were planning to run a story on rising fire danger anyway, and the Martin fire in Bonny Doon just happens to, well, happen. And we had this great profile Bruce Newmanwrote about Steve Liebenberg,…
In the news
New fire reported at Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains
by tom • June 11, 2008 • 1 Comment
11 p.m. Wednesday update: KRON live chatters say burn is up to 900 acres. Somebody aggregated Google News, Flickr and Twitter posts. Official name: Martin fire. From the latest Cal Fire update (7:45 p.m). Location: Bonny Doon and Martin Road,…
Fitness
Most common injuries in the outdoors
by tom • June 11, 2008 • 7 Comments
The Wilderness Medical Society reports that snowboarders account for fully a quarter of all outdoor-related emergency room visits. Hikers come in at No. 3. Nearly 26 percent of the injures were from snowboarding followed by sledding (11 percent); hiking (6…
Blogs
Site tweak-athon
by tom • June 9, 2008 • 8 Comments
I regret to inform that I got no hiking done whatsoever over the weekend … I was too busy getting thrown by the HTML learning curve. Spent all day yesterday figuring out how to make a copy of my site…
Bay Area hiking sites
Recent hiking site discoveries
by tom • June 6, 2008 • 2 Comments
Poking around at the BAHIKER.com discussion boards the other day yielded a couple interesting links: North Bay Hikes: Rob Laddish built this site for his hiking group. Lots of pictures and hike write-ups from Marin, the coast and points northward.…
Wilder Ranch State Park
Latest hikes column: Wilder Ranch State Park
by tom • June 5, 2008 • 1 Comment
Here’s the write-up, which appeared in today’s Eye section of the Mercury News. The coast side is the obvious choice: cool breezes, spectacular views and a “cultural preserve” with Victorian-era houses, vehicles and farm implements plus and few 21st-century goats,…
Hiking, Trails
National Trails Day on Saturday — get out and do it in the dirt
by tom • June 5, 2008 • 2 Comments
National Trails Day, sponsored by the American Hiking Society (which still shows me no love despite 1,762 posts and 27 pages promoting the cause they hold dearest), has oodles of trail happenings in the Bay Area. Among the highlights: Bay…
Hiking
Glitch fixed (I’m pretty sure)
by tom • June 4, 2008 • 1 Comment
Should be hunky dory now. Say something in the comments if you have any issues.