Category Archives: Outdoors

Mini-Review: Banff Mountain Film Festival 2016 World Tour

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Krist

While in San Francisco last week I attended the second evening’s program of the Banff Mountain Film Festival’s World Tour.  The tour features a diverse selection of 18 films screened at the November, 2016, festival in Banff. San Francisco’s interest in … Continue reading →

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Selections from San Francisco Int’l Ocean Film Festival #13

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Krist

Earlier this month I attended the 13th annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival.  I’ve been to almost every program of every festival and am pleased to say the festival production and this year’s overall film quality were the best yet.  It … Continue reading →

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Zeke Grader (1947-2015), Fishermen’s Friend

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Krist

In early September we lost William “Zeke” Grader, Jr., a tireless and impactful advocate of free flowing rivers, wild salmon, and family fishermen.  With a passion for a healthy environment, especially for the fish, Zeke was an energetic, articulate, and expert … Continue reading →

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MountainFilm in Mill Valley – 2015 shorts, part 2

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Krist

This is Part 2 of a recap of the shorts shown at MountainFilm in Mill Valley in mid September.   Shorts varied in length from under 2 minutes to 29 minutes and featured people and their endeavors on mountains, in … Continue reading →

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MountainFilm in Mill Valley – 2015 shorts, part 1

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Krist

Each MountainFilm in Mill Valley program had a feature film along with at least two short films; over the 9 film programs, more than 30 shorts were shown.  Shorts varied in length from under 2 minutes to 29 minutes and featured … Continue reading →

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MountainFilm in Mill Valley – 5 Feature Film Microreviews

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Krist

Last weekend Mill Valley, CA’s wonderful Throckmorton Theatre joint ventured with Telluride’s excellent MountainFilm festival to screen 9 programs of stimulating outdoors films.  This was the 4th annual “MountainFilm in Mill Valley” and the most successful to date, with most programs sold … Continue reading →

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East Coast, Oct 2014 – New York City

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Krist

Although this blog is intended to be more than a travelogue, some of the more interesting subjects in my life over the last few years (to me at least) and on which my comments may be of some interest or value … Continue reading →

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The pals known as The Sharks

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Krist

In the last post I mentioned the “Sharks,” three energetic senior citizens who reside in California and share a love of the outdoors.   Over five decades they’ve done a lot of mountain climbing together in the U.S. West, Alaska, and overseas. … Continue reading →

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Mount Morrison

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Krist

You may have heard of the passing last month of Dick Bass, who, in 1985, became the first person to summit the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.  That achievement is described in the well received book he … Continue reading →

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A Highly Recommended Hike

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Krist

Last week, to celebrate my wife’s birthday, she, one of her best childhood friends, and I took a hike in Mount Tamalpais State Park, which is just a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.  Not only do I … Continue reading →

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