After last weekend’s backpack in 100 degree heat and the opening of Tioga Pass, I officially declare Summer Backpacking Season open. Looking at my calendar, it’s chock full of awesome trips over the next four months and I can’t wait to get things started. This summer includes plans for all of the following: High Sierra [...]
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May 152009
It’s here! It’s here! Sonora Pass is now officially open, and the Half Dome cables opened for the season today. Rumor is that Tioga Pass will be open by the upcoming holiday weekend. Me, I’m sticking to the lowlands around Cache Creek this weekend, hoping to catch some wildflower stragglers. I’ll be off to the [...]
Nov 062008
I’m having a hard time processing the results of this election. On the one hand: I love how excited and passionate our country feels right now, and I’m really happy to be a part of this historic event. It feels kind of like the Ewok party after the Death Star blew up. On the other [...]
I’m not normally a vocal political person, but I just wanted to temporarily get off-topic here for a moment thanks to Google. Don’t worry, political rants are not exactly my thing, so this won’t be a regular feature. Google’s adsense has been feeding ‘yes on prop 8′ ads through many blogs, including mine. I have [...]
Jun 202008
It feels like forever since I’ve been out – my last trip was to the Lost Coast. This weekend I’m heading up to a new spot, Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. It will be the first Sierra summer trip of the season, so I’m tremendously excited. We’ll be hiking and camping around some great scenic lakes, and [...]
Apr 242008
As part of my day job as a computer geek, I’ve been spending this week in San Francisco at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo. The Web 2.0 Expo has a lot of people talking about cool technology while not necessarily knowing what to do with it, where it is going, or more importantly, how to [...]
Feb 202008
Dave caught this photo of tonight’s lunar eclipse. Too bad the clouds got in the way for most of the event. Click on the photo for the full-size.
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