I made a little return visit to Tomales Point (that’s a bull elk scratching a hard-to-reach itch). Details here.
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Cool Tomales
by tmangan • November 27, 2005 • 1 Comment
Three weeks back, I slogged though mist, rain and fog to Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore. I saw all there was to see, provided it was less than a hundred feet into the fog. I knew a return…
For the hiker on your Christmas list
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Simplehiker has a raft of gift ideas. (As a member of the editing profession I must warn you that Simplehiker is a bit lax in the spelling department now and again, but the tips are swell).
More on the pot-farm clean-up
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Steve at the Wildebeat has posted his account of the cleanup of the pot plantation in Big Basin State Park. A shoot-out happened when the cops went up there and busted it last summer. While you’re in the neighborhood, the…
Synthetic sleeping bag filler
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Interesting thread at The Lightweight Backpacker on various man-made fibers in sleeping bags. I ended up buying a synthetic-fill bag partly because it was super light, but also because synthetics insulate when wet, unlike down fill. One contributor begs to…
Thankfulness has its limits, I guess
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
So I stop by TrailForums and click on this link about Thanksgiving, just for fun. You know, that holiday about being generous and good and kindly toward one’s fellow man during the commercial breaks in the football games. The thread’s…
Check out the Blackpacker
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
A thread at the Hiking HQ led me to Blackpacker, a blog by a guy who says he joined the military for training as a revolutionary (I have a weakness for radicalism — sort of a release valve for working…
Cooking in the backcountry
by tmangan • November 25, 2005 • 1 Comment
My last camp-out gave me a chance to compare a couple philosophies about dining in the backcountry: one is to go ahead and do business with companies that take much the trouble out of providing nutrition, provided you don’t mind…
Good thing the grizzly wasn’t hungry
by tmangan • November 24, 2005 • 0 Comments
No bald jokes please. He lost a chunk of scalp to a defensive mama grizzly. The Otters were carrying bear repellent, but there was no time to react. The mother bear lunged at the two hikers. All Johan Otter remembers…