Try Chile’s Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth. Now, having lived in Chile for a bit myself, and having visited the desert, I can tell you that the Atacama is very dry. And it is also one of the…
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Among statues
by tmangan • December 27, 2005 • 0 Comments
Here’s an interesting hiking vacation idea: Easter Island. Another day, rise early and take a taxi to lovely Anakena Beach at the end of the paved road on the north side of the island (you should pay under US$10 for…
Into Africa
by tmangan • December 23, 2005 • 0 Comments
This sounds to me like the ultimate hiking vacation: Climbing Kilimanjaro. Do it soon before the icecap melts.
More gear than you can shake a walking stick at
by tmangan • December 23, 2005 • 0 Comments
The staff of BackpackingLight.com have posted their favorite gear items of 2005. It’s nice to have some reviews — short and sweet — that aren’t behind the subscription wall.
Errors in the copy, alas
by tmangan • December 22, 2005 • 4 Comments
So I read another of those “she finished the whole trail” stories the other day and one passage set the hairs on the back of my neck on end. Check it out: After five long months of not having a…
More fine bloggerel
by tmangan • December 22, 2005 • 0 Comments
Blackpacker has an excellent list of ways to stay clean in the outdoors (and yes, there is a section on defecation. That’s why this one goes first). UT Outdoors gets down into another of those skinny little canyons. Them boys…
A tiny little bit o’ blogroll
by tmangan • December 21, 2005 • 0 Comments
Recent updates at favored blogs: Arun in India went birding. His pix are amazing. Airplane Journal took an astoundingly long hike at Big Basin State Park. His pix are pretty fine, too. GoBlog highlights a wonderful device for those of…
Snow camping vs. blizzard camping
by tmangan • December 20, 2005 • 0 Comments
Calipidder and friends had a leisurely snow-camping expedition in mind. Mother Nature had other plans. Even with all their foul-weather gear, some of ’em got downright chilly when the storm blew through.
Gone bushwacking
by tmangan • December 20, 2005 • 1 Comment
I happened across this article about getting way, way of the trail and it made me wonder how many people cave to the urge to bushwack. The signs in the parks always say “Please stay on the trail” and I…