Bay Area – A Tangled Mind In Motion

The Conquest of a Great Peak Brings Moments of Exultation and Bliss, Which in the Monotonous, Materialistic Existence of Modern Times Nothing Else Can Approach

February 1, 2015July 2, 2016Posted in San FranciscoTagged Bay Area, Hiking, Mountains, MT. Diablo, nature, photography, San Francisco, summit, wildernessLeave a comment

We tackled Mt Diablo and three other summits in the Bay Area, starting in the early morning and finishing very late in the afternoon after 6000 feet of climbing that include brutal ascending and descending 20-30% grades, gusts to 30-40mph on the summit, expansive views that no camera can really capture well. It was a ferocious buttkicker of a hike, a marathon that ended with leggs wobbling, knees screaming, and an exhaustion that laid me down for 10 hrs of on again off again sleep, and this morning, I finally felt the sense of accomplishment that I was too exhausted to feel yesterday. Kilimanjaro, I’m as ready for you as I ever will be.

My Mind Goes In A Thousand Directions, But On This Beautiful Path, I Walk In Peace

January 30, 2015July 2, 2016Posted in San FranciscoTagged Bay Area, beauty, brooks, Forest, Hiking, meditation, Mt Tam, photography, San Francisco, tranquil, waterLeave a comment

Mt Tamalpais, that stalwart guardian looking down on San Francisco, so named from the indigenous Coast Miwok people of the San Francisco area to mean merely “West Hill”. I’m rediscovering its many meandering hiking trails with forest minded friends. Typically, we start in Muir Woods under canopy of towering redwoods and make our way upwards through the forest, and all along the way there are waters that gurgle and flow and fall over rocks. I’ve no capability to meditate in the way that so many do, yet I can say that my head is plenty crowded with good and happy thoughts to the physical tune of of my legs as they churn upwards. The temperature is a crisp 46-55 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the shade of these ancient and mighty forest denizens, the mist keeps a pleasant chill on our skin.

Looking For Meercats In The Misty Morning On Mt Tam

January 19, 2015July 2, 2016Posted in San FranciscoTagged Bay Area, Forest, Hiking, mist, morning, Mt Tam, nature, photography, San Francisco, sunbeams1 Comment

Alas, it’s been too long away from the blog, and I apologize dear readers, if there’s indeed anyone still left out there reading this. Things are winding up for a trip to Tanzania in February 2015, a climb to the roof of Africa on Mt Kilimanjaro, then a Serengeti immersion safari. In the meantime, the legs and the joints are getting their buffers built, with long haul walks across the San Francisco Peninsula head, and forested climbs up nearby mountains, such as this misty morning walk up Mt Tamulpais (Mt Tam) where sunbeams illuminated our path.