Happened across this fascinating article about predatory bears at backpackinglight.com. It talks about how bears are losing their fear of humans and that camping with “bear proof” containers could be counterproductive. California wilderness parks make for good case studies of…
Monthly Archives: October 2005
It was so cold…
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
How cold was it? The night it hit -60F we went out for a midnight ski piling on every warm thing we owned. It was the most still, clearest night I have ever seen with a pretty near full moon…
What to do when your heart gives out
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
Keep walking. Here’s a story by a 40-something hiker whose heart almost failed on him in the past couple years. Walking seven miles with 500 feet of climb is a really big deal if you’re a candidate for a heart…
Up a hill in Japan
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
An no, it’s not Mount Fuji. I have a weakness for anybody’s pictures and stories from Japan (must be all those Kurasawa movies); here’s a hike up Mount Hakusan by an Australian lass living & working in Japan. More on…
A blog up the road
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
The Great Out of Doors is manned by a guy up in Davis, CA, (that’s near Sacramento) who spends at least a hundred days a year outdoors. And you know what that means: prone to gear lust.
How’s this for a neighbor
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
Sandro in Seattle lives with walking distance of an REI. If that were me I’d just have my paycheck direct-deposited into an REI account.
Product denunciation of the day
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
The Get Outdoors blog has some sassy posters who get especially exercised about overpriced, overhyped gear. Here’s a remark about a new North Face coat with a rock-star sticker price: It’s also a shining example of product design in a…
You can’t take a bad picture of el Capitan
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
But some are better than others.
The aroma of getting out there
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
Hiker Joe waxes philosophic on the changing seasons. I love the smell of my camping gear. Not that virginal smell of synthetics just purchased from MEC, but the scent of a tent, tarp, and pack after years of being buffeted…