***About that ski trip
- It was a classic mad one-day Sierra up-and-back run. I got up at 4:00 am and hit the road for my buddy Owen’s place in Pleasant Hill around 4:15. We loaded the skis and other gear into his vehicle and left for the mountains around 5:30 am. I managed to stay [...]
View from Savage Creek Campground in Denali National Park. July 2002.
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***Skiing tomorrow
- I managed to finish grading a huge stack of papers tonight and it looks like I’ll be able to squeeze in a one-day trip to the Sierra tomorrow. I’m planning to take a telemark lesson at Northstar and then either practice tele’ techniques the rest of the day or else do some afternoon [...]
On ridge between Ireland and Townsley Lakes. October 2002.
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***What happened?
A four-day weekend… But it didn’t work out as planned. I had hopes of getting to the Sierra for a couple of days of skiing, but then stuff happened, including a bad car battery. Ah, well.
So, instead of posting ski pictures, here is a picture I took last October on an end-of-season pack trip [...]
***Refinery pollution report a shock - Bay Area plants belching 30% more gases than realized
- “Health advocates, meanwhile, are demanding that emissions be reduced from the plants along the Contra Costa and Solano counties’ shorelines, saying the pollution contributes to asthma rates in surrounding communities that are among the highest in the [...]
***Three tough routes to bring fitness level to new heights
- SFGate’s Tom Steinstra writes: “February arrives on the eve of spring and the question you face is this: Is your body ready for it? The three hikes I use to find out are at Montara Mountain at McNee Ranch State Park in Montara, [...]
***U.S. to acquire California desert lands for preservation.
“The title on the 62,000 desert acres, an area more than twice the size of San Francisco, will be transferred from the Catellus Development Corp. to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The transfer caps an intense five-year campaign by private donors that was spearheaded by Sen. Dianne [...]
Dan at Giddy Giddy Gulch
Dan at Giddy Giddy Gulch on Mt. Shasta, 2002.
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