Tom Mangan hiked with the famous (Backpacker Magazine article) 4WheelBob Bob Coomber .
For those who don’t know Bob’s story: Diabetes has made his leg bones so brittle they break if he tries to stand up on them. He has some use of his lower extremities; he can operate the pedals on his car, for instance.
Don’t be complaining about your “sore feet” when on the trail with Bob!
On Sunday we traveled to Portola Redwoods State Park, back to the hills of Bob’s youth. We hiked for about three hours in the cool shade of that wonderful redwood forest. First we headed up the Old Tree Trail, where I started getting a lesson in Bob’s technique. On easy grades he pushes forward, but on steep grades he reverses and pulls himself up.
Thanks for the trip report Tom. I’m inspired by Bob’s good example.
Incidentally, Tom has refocused his top-ranked hiking blog more specifically on his home turf out of San Jose, California.
(Now I need to watch the entire hike-o-sphere myself. Formerly I counted on Tom.)
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