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Mummy Mountain Preview

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:30:11 -0500

The new Mummy Mountain trail at Coyote Lake Harvey Bear County Park will open in late April 2010. Almost all the work is complete, and the trail is going to be amazing! The trail is NOT open at this point. Elaine and I were there today on a trail maintenance volunteer event. We helped remove invasive non-native milk thistle near the trail and helped with a number of other cleanup tasks necessary before the official opening.

Wildflowers along the trail are really great, and they will get even better in the next few weeks.

Lands End in San Francisco

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:56:54 -0500

Short Walk around the Lands End Seacliff Area with cameras, an extra lens, & a couple friends!

We had a morning free and decided to take advantage of a spectacularly clear day with great temperatures. Quite a few joggers and sightseers were present on the trail on the day we went, but that is no surprise, and there was certainly some great views for everyone.

earthmarathon / DAY 447 / 100308

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:37:33 -0500

DAY 447 / Eurasia 199
Qūl Qeşşeh - 14 km NW of Zanjan, Iran

Run : 55.0 km
Time : 9 hours 00 minutes
Total : 31104.9 km

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Lands End, San Francisco

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:45:01 -0500

David, John and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather in San Fransico today and go for a walk around Lands End. We took a short detour down to the beach where we spent a while taking pictures of the crashing waves and the foam blowing in the wind. We decided to walk by the Palace of the Legion of Honor on the way back and soon found ourselves at the car.

Grant Ranch - Torineko Peak

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:20:53 -0500

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There's no place called Torineko Peak that I know of, but some little friends of mine passed last week, and I thought that in their honor I'd name a beautiful place that seems to have no name other than Scenic Overlook after them. Humor me if you will, they were very dear to me.

Cody and I got to the park before nine and headed up Dutch Flat moving slow and stopping at every opportunity to snap a picture or two. It was clear and chilly, but the climb kept me warm. There were many more flowers today than any time I've been up here since October and with all the rain I'm sure it will only get better. The poison oak is budding and turning much of the underbrush a shimmering red. There's an amazing amount of it along this trail.

Thanks to Antonys inaturalist.org entries I was able to ID the flowers I took pictures of. I've (barely) started making a few entries of my own there.

There was a light dusting of snow on Hamilton and other mountains to the east but much of it was gone by the end of the hike despite what most of us thermal wimps consider cold weather. It was cold enough at the top that I put a windbreaker on over my fleece.

So yet another hike at Grant, I really will branch out one of these days.

Doug

Chasseral Loipe

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:56:05 -0500

Anspruchsvoller aber lohnenswerter Aufstieg von Les Prés d'Orvin Le Grillon zum Kulminationspunkt: 1540m, ca. 60m unterhalb vom Chasseral-Sendeturm

Route: Le Grillon (1020m) - Centre nordique (1125m) - Place Bison - Place Centrale (1290m) - Chasseral (1540m)

Pausen: in der Bison-Ranch und in der Métairie du Milieu de Bienne, zudem improvisiertes Picknick auf dem Chasseral (sonnig aber kalt wegen Bise)

Für die Statistik:
.klassischer Langlauf
.Trip-Dauer mit Pausen: 6 Std 48 Min (3.7 km/h)
.Trip-Dauer ohne Pausen: 5 Std 04 Min (5 km/h)

Mount Lowe Hike - Altadena CA

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:24:36 -0500

Today I hiked Mount Lowe in Altadena California for the first time. The organizer of the hike as always was Richard Orozco, also came Eduardo Ruiz and Ronny Muñoz. This is our second big preparation Hike before we do Mount Whitney California in August. The weather seemed unpredictable at first, the forecast said 50% chance of showers. We got some rain at the beginning of the trail, the sun came out after 1 mile, then again more rain, no more rain after Inspiration Point. After that we had to hike on snow, but it wasn't too bad. A very rewarding view at the summit of Mount Lowe.

Long Weekend in Chamonix

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:48 -0500

Skiing some of the classic routes around Chamonix.
day1: Weather was too bad to do Vallee Blanche so we kept to finding several ways down the Argentiere glacier. Then we took Bochart and skied down the Pendant glacier to Le lavancher through the trees and took bus home.
day2: Lift to Aguille du midi shut so go to Brevant and ski the Pentes de l'hotel and the Couloir de l'ENSA. Weather at the top of the pentes de l'hotel was dreadful, v windy and cold. But snow was great and it was a good warm up (40deg) for the ENSA later. This couloir is 400m of up to 45degrees. Very narrow at the top, just wide enough for the 185 powder skis we had. Fortunately snow was good, any ice and we would have been in trouble.
day3: No guide today so rip around the off-piste from Grand-Montets and Bochart, but keep to areas we know ourselves (sort of).

2010 patagonia mountain bike

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:19 -0500

la caretera austral! peccato non poter essere arrivato fino alla fine ma il meteo era proibitivo e dopo 4 giorni di pioggia ininterrotta ho preferito rientrate. in compenso mi sono risparmiato i guai del terremoto tornando propio il giorno prima!

XC Tour Alahan Panjang

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:20:38 -0500

31 bikers went to Alahan Panjang, cruising Danau Talang-Danau Dibawah-Danah Diatas.

South Lantao - Shek Pik to Pui O

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:07:31 -0500

This trip covers two sections of the Lantau Trail, from Shek Pik to Shui Hau and further on to Pui O. At the very start, there are some ancient rock carvings, however not very well visible. The best part of the road is the way around the peninsula before coming back to the main road; nice overgrown paths, great vistis of mountain and sea, nestled between the Lantau Peak and the channel between Pico Islands and Lantau. A nice camping grounds invites for a nice rest; we saw a couple of lizards and other animals there, an an eagle visiting the island from the north.

From Shui Hau on, a short climb leads to a water catchment. This will be your companion nearly all the way to Pui O; not very pretty, but good for a long walk. Maybe the Agricultural and Fishery Department, responsible for the parks and trails, should relocate it to the water.

Calaveras Reservoir Ride

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:23:33 -0500

Leintwardine, Stormer Hall & Mocktree

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:38:20 -0500

7½ miles on the ground.

Park by the Clun at Leintwardine and follow the footpath alongside the garage for a pleasant walk alongside the river Clun to Jay Bridge and then shortly after that cross the main road and negotiate Stormer Hall.

Head to Woodhead and then Far Barn - quite an appropriate name as we then turn for 'home'. Cross the A4113 near Mocktree Farm then we descend to Leintwardine via Church Hill and back to the start point.

Saturday Thompson Creek

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:03:50 -0500

Beth and I thought we could get between "cells" and stay dry. Oh well, caught some rain and hail (yes, hail) enroute. Hail yes!

53 km bærums-/nordmarka

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:05:22 -0500

הפרסה והר צרור

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:19:15 -0500

טיול יום שיוצא ממרחב עם, על נחל דרוך לעבר הפרסה המדהימה. משם, יורד המסלול לבקעת צין ומתחבר לשביל ישראל, עד למעלה צין, שם מטפס להר צרור אל עבר אחת מנקודות התצפית הנהדרות ביותר הצופה על בקעת צין.

הטיול מעגלי, ופשוט יפהפה בתקופה הזו.

Beaumont Red Trail

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:17:15 -0500

This beautiful, 60 degree, early March Saturday, we brought the scouts to Beaumont to hike the Red Trail. Last time we did this trail was back in July '09, when we hiked it at night while attending Webelos Weeklong camp. That was a hot muggy night, and the boys loved it. This time they got to hike it in daylight, without leaves on the trees. It was awesome. 10 Webelos scouts,1 boy scout (Sam), and three dads. After the hike we went to cub world and hiked up the hill to the Castle (see the slide picture) and then up to the Eagles Nest. Great day!

Used the Everytrail iPhone app this time. This app was much more accurate than the Trails app I've used in the past. It was right on with my buddy's garmin unit.

earthmarathon / DAY 444 / 100305

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:58:14 -0500

DAY 444 / Eurasia 196
25 km WNW of Meyaneh - 12 km NE of Meyaneh, Iran

Run : 45.5 km
Time : 10 hours 20 minutes
Total : 31004.9 km

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Skitur fra Lygnaseter til Hakadal 6. mars 2010

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 06:08:08 -0500

Skiing in Kuortane

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:11:36 -0500