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dan's outside

Where I go, what I see, what I do, what I use, what I think, what I like

Url:	http://outside.danmitchell.org
Author(s):	G Dan Mitchell
Language:	English
Tags:	outdoor, hiking, places
Description:	An occasional blog of my outdoor activities in the SF Bay Area, the California Coast, the Sierra Nevada, and beyond
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Popularity:	6 Followers

Left is Right. Up is Down. In is Out. And Schwarzenegger to be honored for protecting state parks!

According to the LA Times California’s incompetent lame-duck governor who threatened to close most state parks, later backed off and only wanted to close some, and eventually played a huge cu...more

2009-10-14

And so winter begins…

An unusual-for-October strong storm is to come onshore in California in the next 24 hours or so. While the snow levels are forecast to be quite high – around 9000′ – this storm co...more

2009-10-11

The Start of “Sierra Winter” Next Week?

Sometime between mid-October and (usually) early November, the first real winter storms start to arrive in California and the Sierra Nevada – and we move from occasional temporary closings on...more

2009-10-08

Clint Eastwood Talks to the Trees

2009-10-02

Ken Burns National Parks program online at PBS

Although I was in Yosemite this past weekend when the program started (yes, doing photography), between making photographs and working on them after returning I have yet to see any of the Ken Burns...more

2009-09-30

A new stove: Trangia mini

I had been a white gas stove guy from way back in the days of Svea stoves – yup, I just really dated myself! More recently I had used a series of fine little MSR stoves, but a few seasons bac...more

2009-09-13

“Perfect Time to Beat the Crowd”

A Tom Stienstra piece at SFGate reminded me about a September truth: at just the time when fewer and fewer people head to the outdoors, the outdoors is becoming a more and more attractive place to ...more

2009-09-06

Help with a wildflower ID?

Speaking of my Ten Lakes Basin pack trip, I wonder if anyone out there can help me identify the white flower that appears in this photo? I’ve just spent a half hour staring at some wildflower...more

2009-08-28

Feel like you are hiking around in circles? Maybe you are!

The New York times reports on a study concerning how people do (or don’t…) find their way in varying conditions. It turns out that in some situations, “wandering around in circles...more

2009-08-20

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