Dan's Outside

2003 March

***2/1
– Short hike up Waddell Creek.

***2/2
– Quick hike up past English Camp to the ridgeline at Almaden Quicksilver County Park.

***3/1
– Started the new month with the “middle” loop at Quicksilver – out on the Randol (more-or-less) trail to the lateral from the grassy knoll to the Bull Run trail and then back to Almaden.

***3/8
– Typical Saturday morning at Quicksilver park. This time started at the Almaden parking lot, crossed Capehorn Pass and headed out Randol toward Guadalupe Reservoir. At the trail junction just before the reservoir I turned left and headed back up the ridge toward Bull Run, then descending through English Camp back to the car. About 11+ miles.

Didn’t get out much during mid-March due to a really nasty cold that hung on for nearly 3 weeks.

***3/29
– The quick hike up to Bull Run via the easy route and then back down via English Camp – 6.5-7 miles. Posted some new flower pictures on the Photos page.

***3/30
– Back to Almaden Quicksilver the next day! Took the Randol trail out to the grassy overlook and then followed the lateral trail (past many wild flowers) up to the ridge trail. From there went up to Bull Run and then down the main route – with too many mountain bikers… Probably at least 8 miles, maybe a bit more.

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May 11, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003 March

2003 January

***1/1
– New Years hike at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Did the long loop from New Almaden to near Guadalupe reservoir and then returned via the ridge trail past Bull Run and English Camp and the English Camp trail. 11+ miles.

***1/5
– Almaden Quicksilver loop. Up the old road to Bull Run and then back via English Camp. App. 6 miles.

***1/12
– (or thereabouts) First attempt at telemark skiing at Northstar.

***1/18
– A quick hike up to Bull Run at Almaden Quicksilver. Although it was socked-in and cold in the valley, it was sunny and warm on the ridge.

***1/20
– More telemark skiing at Squaw Valley.

***1/26
– Almaden Quicksilver County Park 7-8 mile loop. Saw first wildflowers of the season!

***January Summary
– I think I forgot to include a few other hikes at Almaden Quicksilver.

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May 11, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003 January

2003.05.10

***Windy Hill
in the hills above Palo Alto was the location for today’s hike. We started near Alpine Road and followed fire-road for the most to the summit, where there is a full 360 degree panorama of the south San Francisco Bay region – the Pacific to the west; San Francisco, Mt. Tamalpais, and Oakland to the north; the Diablo Range and Mt. Diablo to the east (and possibly the glint of snow on the Sierra crest in the far distance); and the Santa Cruz Mountains to the south.
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May 10, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003.05.10

2003.05.08

***Climber who amputated own arm describes ordeal
– “Hopelessly pinned by a boulder that rolled onto his arm in a remote canyon, adventurer Aron Ralston first took a dull pocketknife to his forearm after three days, but couldn’t cut the skin.” [SFGate]
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May 8, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003.05.08

2003.05.06

***Hazards: Storms: Doubly Deadly for Men.
Thunderstorms kill twice as many men as women with the gender gap being biggest for lightning strikes. By John O’neil. [New York Times: Science]

A truly shocking story!
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May 6, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003.05.06

SnowCampGlacierPointRoadApril2003

Snow camping on Glacier Point Road – overlooking the Clark Range. Early April, 2003
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May 5, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on SnowCampGlacierPointRoadApril2003

2003.05.05

***Winter put up a good fight this year
– but summer is just around the corner.

Snow camping on Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park, overlooking the Clark Range. Early April, 2003.
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May 5, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on 2003.05.05

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Big Basin State Park Photographs

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***Waddell Creek
– Photos from the Waddell Creek section of the park on the coast.

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May 4, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Big Basin State Park Photographs

Skiing Photographs

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One of my first telemark skiing trips; this one at Squaw Valley, California in January 2003. (Photo: Owen Lee)
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May 4, 2003 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Skiing Photographs