International Hike Day

Are you interested in meeting and learning from people with different different cultures? Did you ever want practice/polish your language skills: Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Japanese and Spanish? Please join Iran Runners & Walkers International Hike Day on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 8:30 am as we hike up Mission Peak, Fremont CA (http://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission.htm) with hikers from all around the world. Also, please join us as afterward for a quick bite and shopping at Fremont's Farmers Market for fresh organic vegetables.

About Mission Peak

Soaring vultures and hang gliders provide visual entertainment for hikers who reach the top of Fremont's Mission Peak, one of the Bay Area's most accessible summits. Three trails give day hikers a choice of moderate to strenuous routes to the promontory, which at 2,517 feet above sea level provides a view of Mount Hamilton, Mount Diablo, Silicon Valley and San Francisco. On the clearest winter days, the Sierra Nevada may be just visible. The shortest and hardest route starts at the east end of Stanford Avenue in Fremont. From the parking lot, hikers head up a wide trail that varies from moderate to steep -- mostly steep. This route offers a panoramic view of much of the Bay Area.

What to bring:

Please bring friends, water, hat and comfortable shoes.

Direction:

From San Jose

* 880 North
* Merge onto MISSION BLVD toward I-680/SACRAMENTO
* Turn RIGHT onto STANFORD AVE
* Go all the way to the End of Stanford Ave. There are some parking spaces.

From San Francisco

*880 South
*Take the WARREN AVE/MISSION BLVD exit
*Turn RIGHT onto STANFORD AVE.
*Go all the way to the End of Stanford Ave. There are some parking spaces.


Hope to see you all!!!
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