A mild crash, that is.
Going down the one-way part of Conzelman on Hawk Hill in Marin County USA:
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Nice Video: “Brakeless in San Francisco” – Two Bros Bike Down Upper Conzelman Without Brakes – Ends in a Crash
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Turns Out That You Can’t “Win” Strava “King of the Mountain” in the Marin Headlands Without a Lot of Speeding
Friday, September 21st, 2012You know, on your bike, on Conzelman, coming down from Hawk Hill at an average speed of 31 MPH.
See?
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What’s the limit on Conzelman, uphill or down? 25 MPH.
Do people get tickets from the park police for speeding on Conzelman? I don’t know, but I know people driving cars do.
Is that San Francisco-based Strava app affecting how people behave?
OMG, It’s Dolphin Season Near the Golden Gate Bridge – Check Out This Recent Video – Babies Too
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012Here’s a shot from Land’s End from a few years back:
A bit mottled – that’s the way they are sometimes – click to expand
Now let’s hear from Redd Rivett, who recorded some of these critters just the other day:
“These bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were on the East side of the Golden Gate Bridge, next to Fort Point, in the cove. We get to see them in the summer and fall, when they come in to Ft Point cove for a while maybe twice a week or so. They live mostly along the outer coast to the south of us, all the way to Monterey Bay. Thanks Bill Keener of Golden Gate Cetacean Research for the info.”
OMG, OMG, It’s “Summer Fun Day” at the Presidio Trust’s Crissy Field This Saturday! Noon to 5:00 PM, July 30th, 2011
Thursday, July 28th, 2011Oh man, after those AM clouds drift away this Saturday, it’s going to be a dreaded sunny day at Crissy Field for you and the fam at Summer Fun Day 2011!
Check it:
“On July 30, Outdoor Nation, The Presidio Trust and the National Park Service will co-host a Summer Fun Day celebration at Crissy Field’s Historic Airfield. The public is invited to participate in an incredible range of outdoor recreation—from rock climbing, to camping competitions to orienteering—that are available close to home. This event is free and is expected to attract thousands of Bay Area residents. More information can be found at SummerFunDay.org.”
Presented by: The North Face, REI Foundation and The Conservation Fund
Co-Host: National Park Service and Crissy Field
When: Saturday, July 30 | 12:00noon-5:00pm
Location: Crissy Field’s Historic Airfield
Address: Mason Street, San Francisco, CA
Calling all Bay Area Residents!
Don’t miss a day of free family fun on Outdoor Nation’s ultimate, outdoor adventure playground!
Highlights of Summer Fun Day San Francisco:
REI Family Camping Fun
Hula Hooping and other Retro Games hosted by Merrell
Biking
Prizes, including CamelBak Water Bottles
Music, hiking and more!
All the deets, below.
Is Crissy Field really still growing? If so, the Continental Drift Theory is proven once again:
See you there!
Outdoor Nation Summer Youth Summits Culminate in San Francisco
Youth-led Movement for the Outdoors Plans Agenda—with more than $100,000 in Dedicated Funding for Youth Project Ideas—to Expand Access, Activity, and Appreciation
San Francisco, California – Outdoor Nation, the youth-led movement championing the outdoors, is coming to San Francisco, the fifth and final stop on the series of 2011 Youth Summits. For many reasons—access, cultural relevance, education, time, budget cuts—America’s youth is losing touch with the outdoors. Outdoor Nation is empowering the Millennial generation to address the issues head-on and develop their own solutions to connecting youth with the outdoors.
The three-day Summit, co-hosted by The Presidio Trust and the National Park Service, begins on July 29 at 12:00pm at the Presidio’s Fort Scott. A diverse group of more than 200 youth leaders aged 16 to 28 is expected in San Francisco, the Northwest Regional Summit. Delegates were chosen from online applications as well as nominations from Outdoor Nation partners.
Delegates will discuss regional outdoor issues and brainstorm project ideas to remove barriers to participation in the outdoors. Youth participants will vote for the top ideas in each region. The Outdoor Foundation will invest more than $10,000 in projects—a total of $100,000 for all the projects that result from the summits—with support from the National Park Service’s Rivers and Trails and Conservation Assistance National Programs.
Delegates will also address the deep budget cuts and unprecedented closures facing America’s State Parks, Outdoor Nation’s national partner and its top cause for 2011.
Ever more deets, after the jump
Better Know Your Pacific Ocean Beaches of the Bay Area: NASA Photos Shows Half Moon Bay to Point Reyes
Friday, July 15th, 2011NASA just posted a photo from the last Space Shuttle flight. It’s big, like 4000 pixels.
Here are some annotations. (The white line is the mighty San Andreas fault.)
Click to expand.“This image featuring the San Francisco Bay area was recorded with a still camera using a 180-mm lens by one of the Expedition 26 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying 220 miles above Earth.”
And here’s the plain version at 1800 pixels:
Surf’s up.
Crazy Like a Fox! The Quick Red Feds Jump Over the Lazy Brown Dog Owners of the 415 and 650
Monday, March 7th, 2011Kamala Kelkar has the deets of this expected gambit from The Feds:
“The public comment period for a contentious proposal to force dogs onto leashes in several popular dog-walking spots such as Fort Funston was extended until May 29.”
All the deets, and news of today’s premature protest, below.
Off leash dogs at Fort Funston (named in honor of a Filipino-Killing Cracker):
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Draft Plan/DEIS Newsletter
GGNRA Draft Dog Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement
NEPA and Negotiated Rulemaking
Public Scoping Comment Analysis Report
Public Scoping Workshops Project Information
And here’s the news from famous SF FYI Net:
“March 7, 2011 – Monday
Off Lease Dog Walking – Rally outside the GGNRA Open House Meeting
When: March 7, 2011 – Monday
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Ft. Mason Center, Building D, Marina Blvd. and Buchanan Street, San Francisco
What: Speak out for Off-Leash Dog Walking. Rally outside the GGNRA Open House Meeting. Golden Gate National Recreation Area has released a proposal to restrict dogs and off-lease dog walking in places like Fort Funston, Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, Marin Headlands, Muir Beach. Rally outside of the GGNRA open house meeting at Ft. Mason. The GGNRA will not have a microphone available for the public to commet on its proposal.
Bring a photo of your dog, a sign expressing your message to the GGNRA.
Sponsored by: Crissy Field Dog Group, DogPAC of SF, Ocean Beach DOG, SF ProDog, Save Off-Leash Dog Walking in the SF Bay Area, SFDog.
Information: saveoffleash@gmail.com”
Let’s stay safe out there…
Finding That Elusive Bench at Lands End – How to Do It
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010You need to go up a little bit. Most people just walk right by.
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Like this, up to the red “A,” see?
See you there!
Sausalito’s Bucolic Cavallo Point Lodge is Just a Stone’s Throw from San Francisco
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Can you see the new/old Cavallo Point Lodge and Fort Baker in the upper part of this view from San Francisco? What you can’t see is the Golden Gate Bridge just to the left.
Some people like CP a lot – it has a different feel than the City yet it’s less than three miles away from San Francisco‘s bustling Marina District.
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Bring your money and your appetite and you’ll do fine.
See you there!
As West as You Can Get: The End of the Lincoln Highway in San Francisco
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Sometimes, people will travel from the East to the West and end up in western San Francisco near Lincoln Park, the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway.
And a few of those people wind up in Land’s End, where the land ends and the ocean begins.
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See the bench? If you sit on it long enough, you’ll see some whales. If you don’t have the time, just hang out until you see the friendly dolphins, like this one:
It’s all in Land’s End. Check it out.
The Lime Point Lighthouse near Sausalito: Then and Now.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Here’s what the Lime Point Light, located right next to the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and close to Cavallo Point, looked like back in the day, courtesy of our friends at the United States Coast Guard. Click to expand:
But technological change and the arrival of the bridge in the 1930′s eventually put this station out of business. It was no picnic working there anyway, what with the occasional freighter collision and the constant rain of orange paint chips.
This is how it looks these days, with just the fog station left (and the front gate open on this particular day, for some reason).
Sic transit gloria mundi
