Dipsea Trail, Saturday May 18, 2024. No sun, no problem. San Francisco Crosstown Trail (June 2024) is next. Enjoy,
More from the Cloud Forest
Category: travel
Murietta Falls
Some observations and thoughts, in no particular order: Welcome to Middle-earth. Was it worth it? It’s all about the journey, right? The next hike, San Francisco Bay Trail, will be dead flat. If you want to experience the first year of law school in a hike, try this one. Final numbers: 13.5 miles, almost 35,000 … Continue reading Murietta Falls
What’s Your Process?
I have been thinking about process. One friend, an entrepreneur, posted recently about the creative process involved in building a new company and/or product. Another, a former colleague, posted about the process to get effective input from subject matter experts (SMEs), where including the full agreement, rather than a snippet, in the note to the … Continue reading What’s Your Process?
Mission Peak – January 2024
Feedback from yesterday’s Mission Peak “Double” hike: epic and brutal, brutal, I can’t feel my legs, good thing that another hiker’s dog was able to pull me up the mountain, great hike but you need to enjoy the process; meanwhile, for these two, scroll all the way down, it’s business as usual. Suffice it to … Continue reading Mission Peak – January 2024
2023 (Hiking) Year in Review
Below are eleven (11) of the forty (40) or so hikes completed this year. True, a few of those hikes were neighborhood walks with a dirt path or two, but the remainder, including the ones below, with the Peninsula Hiking Club (PHC), which I founded in 2021, were entirely legitimate. PHC members will recall the San … Continue reading 2023 (Hiking) Year in Review
New Year’s Resolutions
It's that time of the year again, for New Year's resolutions. I called my 2023 resolution "50 for 50." I turned 50 this year and was determined to complete 50 hikes. I stopped counting after 30 and will probably end up with around 40. Not bad. This was one of my favorites, the "Tower Hike" in Cologne. My 2024 … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
Lands End & Presidio 2023
Some data points and observations from yesterday's monthly Peninsula Hiking Club adventure: 9.5 miles 20,000 steps 4.5 hours (including lunch) Custom itinerary (sorry, you will not find this on All Trails) starting at Lands End and continuing to, on, and through Baker Beach, Batteries to Bluffs Trail, California Coastal Trail, Golden Bridge Visitor Center, Park … Continue reading Lands End & Presidio 2023
McNee Ranch @ Montara Mountain
When I founded the Peninsula Hiking Club in June 2021, I was fastidious about confirming attendance. Two and a half years later, my attitude is more laissez-faire. We carpool from my house or meet at the trailhead. I provide GPS coordinates, and if you're there, you're there. Today, our crew consisted of 21 humans and … Continue reading McNee Ranch @ Montara Mountain
Edgewood Park – October 2023
Buenas dias, amigos y amigas. Otra excelente caminata! A solar eclipse, waterfall, barn owl (nest box), jackrabbit, deer, no mountain lions, lively conversation, post-hike beverages and lunch, and new merch! Until next month.
Hiking Anchorage
It seems that a trail always finds me (or perhaps that I always find a trail). This one was flat, flat, flat, unlike our last one, Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve (https://johnpavolotsky.com/2023/09/10/purisima-septiembre-2023/). Consider this Anchorage's version of the San Francisco Bay Trail (https://johnpavolotsky.com/2023/01/02/the-san-francisco-bay-trail/), but with Chugatch State Park to the east, Cook Inlet, and … Continue reading Hiking Anchorage
The Peninsula Hiking Club 