Happened across a great picture of two bald eagles on a branch in Virginia. If that gets you in the birdwatching mood, Dan Mitchell has a few swell pix of pelicans.
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Gear up for your next trek
by tmangan • December 30, 2005 • 1 Comment
Treknologies is a blog about nifty gadgets for outdoor travel. The author has an interesting post about MREs, those packaged meals made for the U.S. military. Each meal typically contains around 1,200 calories in a 13 to 18oz package. An…
Go-to links at GoBlog
by tmangan • December 30, 2005 • 1 Comment
GoBlog gave me a shout-out to attend Winter Trail Days, which includes free clinics on showshoeing and cross-country skiing in various winter-sports meccas around the country. I’m flattered (and tempted) but I’m also recovering from spending the last 18 months…
Christmas giftage
by tmangan • December 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
While the bells are still jingling in my head, I might as well gloat over the hiking-related stuff I got for Christmas. Melissa gave me the National Audubon Society Field Guide to California. It’s got the most common flora/fauna you’ll…
Someplace to take your snowshoes
by tmangan • December 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
GoBlog points to one option: hut-to-hutting in the high Sierra. I’m still in my “snow is why houses and fireplaces were invented” frame of mind, but I realize others actually like getting out into it.
Put some bounce in your hike
by tmangan • December 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
Next time out, try this high-tech pogo stick. Allegedly its users can get up to five feet of air on each bounce. I know, sounds like quadriplegia waiting to happen. Reviews at amazon.com and just for fun, somebody doing a…
Workin’ in the spam mine
by tmangan • December 28, 2005 • 6 Comments
I found this email in this morning’s inbox. Hi Tom, My name is Maya and I wanted to introduce to you our hiking forum: http://www.hikingforums.net/. As a hiking enthusiastic, I am trying to set up a hiking community, which, hopefully…
After-Christmas blog roll
by tmangan • December 27, 2005 • 0 Comments
Let’s have us some linkage: Simplehiker warns of taking way too much Tylenol. My conclusion: if you need that much pain relief you need a less arduous hobby, like knitting. Hikerdude tells how to hang your bear bag via the…
Podcast updates
by tmangan • December 27, 2005 • 0 Comments
WildeBeat craves feedback. Please send Steve some love, it’s lonesome out here in the blogosphere. Trailcast interviews a guy who’s hiking the Triple Crown in one year. That is, the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails. I’m thinking there…