4-Wheel Bob to cross Sierra via wheelchair
Bob “4-Wheel Bob” Coomber has climbed some of California’s tallest peaks, not on foot, but in his wheelchair. The legendary hiker, now 58, has new plans. He’s training for a 30-mile Sierra Nevada crossing later this summer. Coomber took a few minutes …
Read More »Chicks Climbing reaches Tahoe women
Suspended over an 80-foot granite face with her hand touching the metal anchor, Andréia Christenson let out a victory shout and pumped her fist in the air Wednesday. She’d just completed her first climb as fellow members of the local Chicks Climbing …
Read More »Lake Tahoe boating season about to shove off
Around the South Shore hulls are being scrubbed, drain plugs are being screwed in tight, crew members are being interviewed and boats are being plunked in the water. Once again, it’s boating season at Lake Tahoe. “A lot of what we’re doing right now …
Read More »Wet weather can’t stop bike parade
Despite wet and gray weather, hundreds turned out for the third annual Slow Rollers Bicycle Club’s Spirit Parade in South Lake Tahoe. Colorful costumes and bikes of all different shapes and sizes rolled slowly down U.S. Highway 50 Thursday afternoon. …
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