I just saw the article on Bob Coomber at SFGate – check it out.
“Bob Coomber cannot walk, but he sure can hike.
The disabled Livermore outdoorsman is preparing for the hike of his life – an ascent of 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa or 22,841-foot Cerro Aconcagua in South America.”
In a contest between Bob and Kilimanjaro, [...]
I never met Dean Conway nor, frankly, know of him – but the report below makes him sound like one of those interesting Yosemite characters who touched quite a few people, loved the Range of Light, and will likely be remembered. (Interesting fact from the West Coast Imaging Blog post: Conway Summit north of [...]
From SFGate:
“We face a true planetary emergency,” Gore said. “The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.- Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Prize (and the 2000 presidential election vote…)
I wondered if that other big Bay Area paper from the city to the north would cover the story of 4WheelBob’s climb of White Mountain. The question has been answered:
Peak performance in wheelchair. The words echoed in his head for years: “No excuses. No excuses. No excuses.” The mantra stopped only after one of the [...]
Thanks to Tom Mangan’s participation as a member of the Bob’s support crew, the San Jose Mercury News was able to put together a nice story about 4WheelBob’s hike to the top of 14,000′+ White Mountain. Tom’s links are below:
Mercury News profiles 4WheelBob
Mike Cassidy talked to Bob this week and the story ended up on [...]
San Francisco (and SFGate) outdoors writer Paul McHugh is moving on to other adventures:
California’s great outdoors still will be around after Saturday. But I won’t. Well, not at this particular newspaper, I mean. After 22 years of pounding the outdoors beat for The Chronicle – and sometimes getting pounded by it – I’m about [...]
You’ll have to pardon me for the string of 4WheelBob links, but a) I’ve met him, b) I’m incredibly impressed with his accomplishment, and c) I happen to know Tom Mangan, a member of his support team and outdoor blogger:
4WheelBob describes his epic hike. Bob Coomber shares the gritty details in a forum at Backpacker.com: [...]
Tom Mangan has posted more info about 4WheelBob’s ascent of White Mountain. Here’s a brief excerpt – follow the link for lots more good stuff!
Favorite images from our White Mountain adventure. If you’re too busy to check out all 48 pictures posted at Flickr.com, I’m posting some of the faves. At some point I [...]
From Tom Mangan at a href=”http://tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/”>Two-Heel Drive (Click on Tom’s link for the full story):
4WheelBob profiled in the Contra Costa Times. Ned MacKay, who writes a weekly column about the East Bay parks, mentions Herr Coomber.
… “I don’t go anywhere in a hurry,” Coomber says, “But I do get there.”
The article mentions Bob’s [...]
A Passion for Nature
In the New York Times, John Wilson reviews a new Muir biography, A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, by Donald Worster.
The nature lover and conservationist John Muir is at once famous and indistinct in the minds of most people. Doubtless there are ardent souls who could give a credible account of [...]