Oaks, Coastal Fog - Almaden Hills
Oaks, Coastal Fog. Almaden Hills, California. May 19, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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May 2007
Speaking of Tioga Pass, Tuolumne Meadows, and Melting Snow
An early season photo from last summer in Tuolumne Meadows…
Twilight Clouds, Unicorn Peak. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. July 3, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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Dan’s Equipment List: Camp Gear
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- I am a confirmed internal frame pack user these days.
When I started backpacking in the 1960s (!) virtually everyone used aluminum external frame packs. The best were from Kelty and Jansport and they were fine packs and generally regarded as a great step forward compared to previous alternatives - none of which [...]
Dan’s Equipment List: Disclaimer
This list is a perfect example of a project that got out of hand. It started out as a simple packing list for friends who were accompanying me on a pack trip. However, the more I thought about it the more I realized that there is no single equipment list that covers all situations of [...]
Dan’s Equipment List: Clothing
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My clothing preferences have changed over the years and continue to change today - as products improve, as my backpacking style evolves, and as the old gear wears out. When I started I [...]
Warmest January-April ever; new record Arctic sea ice minimum
From Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog:
Warmest January-April ever; new record Arctic sea ice minimum. April 2007 was the third warmest April for the globe on record, and the first four months of 2007 were the warmest ever, according to statistics released this week by the National Climatic Data Center. The global average temperature for April [...]
Yosemite Webcam Does it Again
Yosemite Blog posts an early morning shot from the Yosemite Valley web cam:
Good Morning.
Grabbed this image from the Yosemite Association webcam just a few seconds ago. What a beautiful sunrise.
[Yosemite Blog]
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Big Basin and Mt. Abee
Yesterday I hiked in a park that I visited often when I was younger, but where I have hiked infrequently in recent years. When I was a kid my family would often go to Big Basin State Park between (what was not yet known as) Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz, often to picnic and play [...]
Possible Blog Changes Coming?
During the past few weeks I have had some technical problems with the server that handles this web site. (I run my own server. At home.) I’m giving serious thought to transferring this blog to another service.
At this point I really don’t quite know what service that might be. I’m leaning toward some combination of [...]
First Car Over Tioga?
Probably not, but it is fun to ask. I updated the Tioga Pass photo in the previous post (see below) to include a shot taken about five minutes before noon. Note the car that has just passed through the entrance station. I’m jealous! :-)
(For me, the opening of Tioga marks the official start of the [...]