Calipidder

August is prime Sierra season so I’ve spent more time in the mountains than on my computer lately (yay!). And I’m turning around and heading back out to do a few peaks over Labor Day weekend. In other words, it’s gonna be a long wait for more trip reports and photos. BUT, I did take [...]

If you’re not a regular viewer of the Yosemite Nature Notes videos, get yourself over to Yosemite’s website and catch up. More views for them means continued funding, and I don’t know about you, but I love these videos and want to see more.
The latest episode is about the Frazil Ice phenomenon that happens in [...]

I thought this was important enough to get its own entry.
When you spend hundreds of dollars on a garment, you want to treat it as carefully as possible. I’ve always associated hand washing and hang drying with the best of care, so that’s how I’ve approached washing my outerwear in the past.
Well, I should have [...]

This video has been making its way through the Twitterverse and Blogosphere lately, and it’s just too good to not share. It is a black and white tourism video for Yosemite from the early 1940s. Make sure to watch the ancestors of today’s valley bears getting fed by the tourists. The winter sleigh ride through [...]

Tom over at Two-Heel Drive posted an excellent video link yesterday about how to properly fit a backpack. It is by Wayne Gregory, pack designer and founder of the popular Gregory Mountain Products. If anyone understands pack fitting, it’s Wayne. This is something that every beginner backpacker should watch and understand before buying their first [...]