Category Archives: Terrestrial

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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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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Mono Lake – fearing for the birds

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Krist

With the California drought on many peoples’ minds including mine, I’m trying to be aware of the not so obvious ramifications of the state’s precipitation shortage.  This got me to thinking about Mono Lake and the birds that visit it every … Continue reading →

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Sierra Nevada photos

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Krist

Here are a few more photos of my recent, short visit to the mountains: Moving right along, after exiting Yosemite, we begin the descent to to US 395 & Mono Lake.  This downhill of about 10 miles is one of … Continue reading →

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Some questions

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Krist

This post is of a different style – instead of discussing some issue, I’m using this forum to outline briefly three subjects that touched me over the past week.  And, while each subject area merits a more in depth treatment, … Continue reading →

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