Hiking Adventures in the San Francisco Peninsula and Beyond
Yesterday was our fourth Crosstown Trail. The first one (2023) started at Lands End and ended at Candlestick Point. The second (2024) started at Candlestick and ended at Lands End, with beverages at Beach Chalet. The third (2025) was actually the Double Cross, from Fort Point to Pier 23, and post-hike beverages. The fourth, yesterday, … Continue reading San Francisco Crosstown Trail
At an extended family luncheon, with family visiting from Hong Kong, I was asked, do you still write? No. Do you still write about your hikes? Not really. Do you still teach? No. Do you still lead hikes? Yes. Two weeks ago, on June 20, we hiked Montara Mountain (Pacifica), again, with our first hike … Continue reading Peninsula Hiking Club – 5 Years!
250 words per island? Let's go! South Island: Let's start with a 12.5 hour flight to Auckland, from San Francisco, followed by a 2-hour layover, before boarding a 2-hour flight to Queenstown, the gateway to adventure in the South Island. Some activities for your consideration: Queenstown Hill Walking Track, Skyline Luge, Queenstown Gardens, a day … Continue reading New Zealand (in 500 words or less)
It's been a while since I posted. In fact, this may be the first one this year. This is hike #11 this year for the Peninsula Hiking Club, founded in 2021, by yours truly. January is always Mission Peak; May, the Dipsea Trail; October, Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve; December, El Clasico - Lands End, to … Continue reading California Dreaming
It's that time of year. To reflect, to appreciate the trails hiked, old friends, and new connections. I started the Peninsula Hiking Club (PHC) in June 2021, not at the height of the pandemic, but certainly not too far away. We (to be more precise, two of us), hiked Montara Mountain, a 7-mile out and … Continue reading Peninsula Hiking Club Year in Review (2024)
Some November mornings along the coast in Northern California are crystal clear; this one, not so much. It had been a long week, and I would have probably preferred to stay in bed. But, the hike was on the calendar, and cancelling a hike last minute was not really an option. Some days you just … Continue reading Montana Mountain – November 2024
We hiked this last September, and I'm quite sure that this fallen tree, on Craig Britton Trail, was not there. Besides that, the hike, a 10-mile loop, was as I remembered it, one of the best intermediate hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Park in the North Ridge lot, off Skyline, hike down North … Continue reading Purisima Creek Redwood OSP – October 2024
This is a classic hiking route through Germany’s Black Forest. Traveling through the area, I could not resist. This was etappe (stage) 10, through the Feldberg. The Westweg is over 280 km long. This day I covered only a few. More work to be done.
This was a surprise. The city itself is in a valley, with hills to climb seemingly in all directions. A brisk morning hike up to the Tea House in Weissenburg Park was the perfect antidote for the jet lag from the previous day. A work out at CrossFit Stuttgart, a little later that morning, did … Continue reading Hiking Stuttgart
Day one: Oberstdorf, Germany [900 meters] to Rappensee Hutte [2,100 meters] Day two: Rappensee Hutte down to 1,500 meters and back up to 2,100 meters (Mindelheimer Hutte) Day three: summit climb (2,370 meters), then down to Mittelberg, Austria (1,200 meters). Epic 3 days in late September. Challenging, but in the words of our hiking leader, … Continue reading Hiking the Bavarian Alps
The Peninsula Hiking Club 