I don’t want any of the caribou habitat disrupted, I don’t want nesting birds unnested. Like all right-thinking people I despise multinational oil companies and their stooges in the halls of power. I’m properly awed by the majesty of the…
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Slake your GPS lust
by tmangan • December 19, 2005 • 0 Comments
If you’re thinking of getting one of those nifty GPS receivers (and what hiker hasn’t been tempted?), there’s a thread at alt.rec.hiking on buying suggestions.
Blog report
by tmangan • December 19, 2005 • 1 Comment
Gambolin Man waxes effusively on the charms of Coyote Hills Regional Park, which sits on the edge of the San Francisco Bay just west of Fremont. The Gamboleer notes that he’s lived in the Bay Area for ages but is…
How dry I ain’t
by tmangan • December 18, 2005 • 2 Comments
Yesterday it happened again: I got caught in the rain, put on my trusty Marmot Precip rain jacket, and proceeded to get so sweaty that the inner layer of my coat got almost as wet as the exterior (which actually…
Back in the wilderness
by tmangan • December 17, 2005 • 1 Comment
If you can find your way through Livermore to the Del Valle Regional Park, you earn the privilege of slogging up and down some of the most ass-busting hills in the Bay Area along the Ohlone Wilderness Trail, which starts…
I’m hiking today
by tmangan • December 17, 2005 • 0 Comments
… but it’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow so I’ll be a busy little blogger then, I promise. However, I would be remiss if I did not point folks to Arun’s Treatise on Snow.
Blog of the Year update
by tmangan • December 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
Maine Hunting Todays’ Black Bear Blog has stormed into the lead in the Best Outdoor Blog of 2005 contest. If you’re into hunting, Black Bear Blog’s your place to be — many daily updates, always plugged into the major outdoors…
Another day, another blogroll
by tmangan • December 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
Yesterday was a hiking day, which allowed a few links to pile up in my ol’ RSS reader. So, let’s get linkin’: Blackpacker has an extensive guide to getting where you want to go, including excellent tips on hiking along…
It’s all about habitat
by tmangan • December 13, 2005 • 3 Comments
So I checked this morning to see if I’d gotten any more votes in the Outdoor Blog of the Year contest (no time like the present to move me up in the rankings!) and I happened across a really interesting…