Hazards and Liability
Hiking has risks, and safety is a high priority on every outing. Hazards include uneven trails, drop-offs, slippery rocks, stream crossings, wildlife encounters, and even auto accidents. Participants are expected to be able to safely negotiate the trails that they choose to hike. In addition hikers must be cognizant of poison oak and ticks. The hiking group assumes no collective or individual liability for any mishaps. Hiking is at your own risk.
The Hiketam website provides public information only and is not part of any club or organization. Hikers gather informally and hike at their own risk. Hike leaders are volunteers and should not be relied upon to have any special skills or training.
For emergency services on Mt. Tam, cell phone users are advised to call 911.
Our two most used meeting places are (1) rear parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy, 759 E. Blithedale Ave. Mill Valley; and (2) the so-called FAIRFAX PARKADE in downtown Fairfax (the parking lot across from the Fairfax Theater). Reservations are usually not required, just show up. Always go to the meeting place unless directed to a trailhead because hike plans and trailheads may change at the last minute.
For information on a specific hike, call the leader (the leader's phone number is at the end of each hike entry). Some leaders list their email address as well.
For information and links to other Bay Area hiking groups: http://www.bahiker.com
For Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter hikes: http://www.sfbay.sierraclub.org/hiking
For Golden Gate Transit's current schedules: http://goldengatetransit.org/schedules/current/
There are additional Wednesday 2B hikes each week in the East Bay. For information about the current schedule, contact Wilma Austern at 510-521-7358 or wnaustern@aol.com.
Robert Eugene "Bob" Muller
1923 - 2023
It was from Bob Muller that many learned the terrain and joy of hiking Mt. Tamalpais.
In 1983 following retirement Bob became active in the Sierra Club’s hiking section and led hundreds of day hikes throughout the Bay Area.
For twenty years Bob worked putting out the hiking booklet for the Club chapter. This was a major undertaking - collecting donations, coaxing people to lead hikes, getting them to change when necessary to assure a good variety of hikes - and lots of typing. Volunteers would meet in downtown San Francisco to ready the schedule for the printer. Often there were bottles of wine, so people had a cheery time.
From 2002 on he initiated, scheduled, and lead non-Sierra Club Wednesday hikes. He sent weekly email reminders that often included tidbits about the history of Mt. Tam and its wildflowers; sometimes there were even poems. Bob kept this up after he himself could no longer hike.
The list of hike titles and descriptions of the hiking routes he documented are still the basis for hikes today. Many of us enjoyed the socialization and exercise benefits from Bob's hard work and enjoyed being around one of the most positive and cheerful people you could ever meet. We owe him a debt of gratitude.
Thanks, Bob!
