Stumbled on this online survival guide, which is based on training materials issued to soldiers serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Weapons and explosives training are not prerequisites, near as I can tell.
Monthly Archives: November 2005
What’s your favorite trail?
by tmangan • November 30, 2005 • 7 Comments
I’ll go first: Panorama Trail at Yosemite National Park. Runner-up: Berry Creek Falls Trail at Big Basin State Park in California.
From the mail
by tmangan • November 30, 2005 • 0 Comments
Got this e-mail from John Fedak last night: Stumbled across your blog this past weekend and found it quite a great resource. Keep up the good work! Here’s some more links that may be of interest to you. Ventana Wilderness…
Other people’s stupidity is so funny
by tmangan • November 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
The folks at whiteblaze.net recount some of the dumbest things they’ve seen on the Appalachian Trail. Farmer was lighting his alcohol stove, suddenly things went bad, other things begin to catch fire, so he grabbed his ‘water’ bottle to douse…
Starry, starry night…
by tmangan • November 29, 2005 • 1 Comment
L.A. Times has an interesting piece on night hikes. From Griffith Park to Irvine to the Westside, cadres of hikers answer a call to hike these dark wilderness areas most nights of the week. They pound out tough miles in…
50 hikes, 50 days update
by tmangan • November 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
That crazy Ted Keizer dude finished his mega-hike this morning.
Sharing some link love
by tmangan • November 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
Another fine blogroll: Calipidder did what any right-thinking hiker/blogger would do for the Thanksgiving holiday: Went camping in Death Valley. Dan Mitchell has lots more pictures of fall colors. Outdoor Sports Blog talks up camping food. Simplehiker discovers a site…
A couple sites for East Coast (U.S.) hikers
by tmangan • November 28, 2005 • 1 Comment
Just found two excellent sites: Hiking Upward, which profiles tons o’ trails in Virginia/West Virginia; and Mid-Atlantic Hikes, which ups the ante with Pennsylvania and Maryland. If you live somewhere that doesn’t already have one of these “where should I…
50th day, 50th state
by tmangan • November 28, 2005 • 0 Comments
As if to prove that Two-Heel Drive is at the forefront of all things that truly matter in the hiking world, I’ve discovered that today is the last day of Ted Keizer’s challenge to hike 50 kilometers in 50 states…