Cait (who posts at Light of Morn) recently asked about the gear I use for my landscape/mountain photography, so I think I’ll take that question as an opportunity to summarize what I use these days.
Camera: I lug a Canon 5D digital SLR (DSLR) around on the trail. The 5D is a full frame DSLR, with [...]
Cait (from Light of Morn) shares a hint about sunflower plants in Almaden Valley:
A family that lives along Old Almaden Road as it nears downtown New Almaden plants a bank of sunflowers every year at the entrance to their property. There’s no curb, so I usually pull over under a pine tree just to the [...]
I spent three days in and around Tuolumne Meadows in the Yosemite National Park high country in early July, visiting the area around Tioga Pass, the route out toward Young Lakes, Tenaya Lake, and Mount Hoffman. I’ve already posted a few of the following photos, but here is a collection of some of my favorites [...]
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Tom Mangan (Two-Heel Drive) writes about one of my favorite local hiking areas:
Latest Hikes column: Sanborn-Skyline County Park. From my Hikes column at the Mercury News.
… A typical Saturday afternoon at Sanborn-Skyline might see a wedding reception, a family reunion and a half-dozen large cookouts all happening on the park’s main grounds. Busy, crowded, [...]
Paul McHugh writes in SF Gate about a new book that I’d like to read:
The broad bands of green land that embrace Bay Area urban zones offer both humans and wildlife refuge, respite and regeneration. These preserves are no accident of history. They result from a hard-fought, century-long crusade. This immense battle is recounted in [...]
Since I have a couple Sierra pack trips coming up later this summer, I’ve been thinking about my process for getting all of the necessary gear assembled and ready to go. (See the Equipage section for many, many more details about this process.) My approach goes something like this, at least for a trip long [...]
Tom and Bob remind me - as if I needed reminding - why those blue parking spaces are relevant in surprising places like at the top of Tioga Pass…
Travels with 4WheelBob. “This looks pretty steep through here, ” I say. “You sure you want to try it?”
“You can’t let six feet of trail [...]
An interesting and slightly scary article at SF Gate looks at the traffic jams on Half Dome:
The last 400 feet of the grueling 8.6-mile climb to the summit of the world-famous peak was like a holiday scene at a Disneyland ride — a long line and a few thrills.
It was typical of a weekend summer [...]
Back from the Sierra
I’m back from about 8 days in the Sierra… and slowly working to catch up on email, blog posts, and the rest of the stuff that has gone on the in the world while I was away - along with starting work on the hundreds of photographs I brought back. A few have started to [...]