It’s been awhile since I’ve posted to this blog. A lot has happened since my Grand Canyon hike in 2006; hard to believe that was more than three years ago. I’m still in San Francisco, but working a different gig (at SFGate.com now). I’m a few years older, but trying to pretend that ain’t true. …
Well I did it. I hiked the toughest trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (Grand View Trail) and survived. Hope I didn’t have any of you worried with my delay in posting this blog entry. It took me some time to get the photos in order. Was it as tough as I …
I just got my photos up from a little buddy group get-together at Eliza’s – a yummy Chinese restaurant on California Ave. View the photos here We had a great meal and swapped gifts. Lois, our mentor, got us each a bag of hike essentials, from tiger balm to mini-bottles of champagne. We got her …
T minus 9.5 hours to lift-off. Ok, not lift-off into the canyon, but lift-off into the car to the airport. We have a bright a bright and early flight tomorrow a.m. and a few of us are carpooling to the airport, so I’m looking at a 4:30 a.m. pick-up tomorrow. Funny thing is everyone in …
I had my first bad blister problems on the big San Bruno hike 2 weeks ago. And last weekend the blisters on the back of my heal and under the ball of my foot were bothering me again. I can’t have that in the canyon, so I took in lots of advice from fellow hikers …
We had our final “team hike” yesterday; it was a sendoff event with a short hike and potluck/picnic on Angel Island. The day started with an informational meeting on everything we need to know for the Grand Canyon trip. I got the trail assignment I wanted: The Grand View trail — the toughest of the …
A friend told me her boss’s child died of leukemia this month. Heart-wrenching. Tragic. Unfair. What adjective could possibly fit? I only hope that my little contribution through this hike will make a difference, save or help one life. Maybe even one day find a cure and save hundreds of thousands of lives – every …
Saturday’s hike was our “big one” – the six hour dress rehearsal for the Grand Canyon at Mount Diablo. We hiked from the top down, and back up, with all the gear we expect to have in the canyon, including 128 fl. oz. of water (that’s 4 liters), lunch, clothing layers, rain gear, cameras, hats, …
This morning was yet another early morning wake-up. I have to admit, I look forward to being able to sleep in on my weekends again! Today we had a special stair clinic to get some incline work in at the Lyon Street Stairs in San Francisco. The stairs are at a 35% grade and go …
Our latest hike was a buddy hike: a smaller hike with our buddy group instead of the entire team. It was also a shorter hike – only 4 hours. I think they are being nice to us the weekend before our big simulation hike next weekend at Mt. Diablo – hiking down and back up …
