Signonsandiego.com has an article in the sports section today highlighting the Reel Rock Movie Tour that will roll into town this Saturday at the San Diego Town and Country Hotel.   The article features a guy by the name of Peter Mortimer who has managed to combine his two passions; film-making and rock-climbing.  The festival will [...]

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I was browsing the hiking blogs on the net,  and I came across a post on Modern Hiker about Google Earth on The iPhone.  As I mentioned several post ago,  I am among the hoard who is now toting a shiny new iPhone.  It is a pretty amazing piece of technology and integrates wonderfully in [...]

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The fall weather in San Diego always wreaks havic on my psyche.  I am always ready for a change of pace after the warm dry summer.  I look forward to hiking in the cooler conditions,  and I miss the serenity of the winter desert.  Mother Nature begins to  give us glimpses of the cool weather [...]

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I woke up early this morning to shoot some photos of the area around and on Garnet Peak near Mount Laguna.  I am experimenting with an imaging process called HDR,  and I needed bracketed shots to make it work.  Unfortunately this process has highlighted the shortcomings of my Nikon D40 which lacks an auto bracketing [...]

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It is almost that time of year,   WBC 2009 starts on January 20th.  You can register at any time through the WBC website.  For thos of you unfamiliar with The Wilderness Basics Course (WBC), it is a 10-week course, covering the essentials of wilderness travel,  backed up by weekend trips led by experienced leaders who [...]

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I am posting this entry from my new iPhone. It is pretty amazing to me to have the capability to post from the trail. I am already seeing the limitations with the iPhone’s lack of cut and paste, and it will take a while to get used to the keyboard. I am so excited about [...]

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