cyberhobo

Author: cyberhobo

  • Luther Spires with Hitek Homeless

    One strange thing about living and working from a camper for a year is that we knew of several other couples doing the same thing, but we were always in different places. Now that we’ve stayed in one place for a while one of them finally came within range and we finally get to meet…

  • Live Music: Norah Jones

    Ann gave me tickets to see Norah Jones partly because they were light enough to carry on my birthday backpack trip. We aren’t big concertgoers, and were having a hard time getting excited. Our friends Grace and Sharli helped crank us up with some arcade entertainment in Harvey’s. I even manage a slim air hockey…

  • Lover’s Leap

    Ann and I enjoy our return to multipitch climbing at Lover’s Leap, rising at 5 am to catch Knapsack Crack 5.5 and Harvey’s Wallbangers Center 5.6 before the merciless sun hits them. We didn’t want to fuss with cameras on the rock, but I got a photo of Ann getting ready before sunrise: Up at…

  • Summit Foundation and Fund

    This site needed some crafty template programming to give the appearance of a split personality – one site with two distinct styles. Some jQuery transition effects and a slideshow round out the custom functionality.

  • How far will my legs take me?

    I set out running nice and slow this morning, thinking I’d just see how far I can go. The answer is about 14 miles before my legs refuse to continue, not bad. But I didn’t turn around early enough, so I had to walk another 5 miles home!

  • First post-hike run

    Two weeks of backpacking didn’t totally ruin my running fitness, but I do feel sluggish! My body holds up pretty well through the first 7 miles before my calves and hamstrings start to tighten up. Not too bad – seems like a few more runs will get me back to my pre-hike condition.

  • Tahoe Rim Trail – Brockway Pass to Mount Rose Pass – Done!

    Our last day on the TRT is a doosie – 19 miles packed with ridges, peaks, and localized storms all around. We’ve noticed that bears seem to like chewing up the many plastic Tahoe Rim Trail signs, but this one takes the polymer cake. Bear-eaten trail sign After raucous lightning storms before dawn, the weather…

  • Tahoe Rim Trail – Cinder Cone to Brockway Pass

    We have only two water sources today: Watson lake and the water Ann stashed at Brockway pass. Heavy water makes for weary feet, and Ann is already using ibuprofen to cope with foot pain. We take frequent breaks to gaze at the lake below. Lake gazing There really is not much water on this section.…

  • Tahoe Rim Trail – Tahoe City

    Anticipation of treats in town make the 7 miles go quickly. Once we’re there we almost feel overwhelmed by everything we need to do – resupply food, fuel, batteries as well some good eating, drinking, and swimming. Sid’s bagelry becomes our base of operations, from which we branch out to the grocery store where Melanie…

  • Tahoe Rim Trail – Richardson Lake to Ward Creek

    Clear skies return! Brewer's Angelica and Lake Tahoe We feel uncertain about water on this section, as many of the creeks on the map recently have been little more than swampy puddles. The variety of terrain proves us wrong again, though, and Bear creek as well as many small springs are flowing on this section.…