That honor has to go to John Fedak, who has a Web site full of photo albums from hikes around the Bay Area and the Sierra. John sent me an e-mail yesterday with a link to an awesome online gadget…
Monthly Archives: January 2006
The hikingest, picture-takingest guy
Sorry for the lack of blogging this morning
by tmangan • January 26, 2006 • 2 Comments
I’ve been busy shopping for winter-camping gear. I’ll regale y’all with the details after I recover from the sticker shock.
Ryan Jordon has a blog
by tmangan • January 25, 2006 • 2 Comments
Jordan is the driving force behind backpackinglight.com. I never knew he had a blog till this morning’s link check turned up one from Cutter’s blog, linking to Jordan’s experiment with live blogging via satellite link from the Montana’s Bridger Range.…
More thoughts on winter camping
by tmangan • January 25, 2006 • 5 Comments
Well, I’ve spent much of the past couple days pricing gear for snow camping. Let’s look at the numbers: Down parka: $150-200 Insulated pants: $150-200 Zero-degree rated sleeping bag: $200-300 Four-season tent: $400-500 We’re talking serious bucks to acquire enough…
Temptations of winter camping
by tmangan • January 24, 2006 • 6 Comments
Plus side: no bugs, no bears, pretty snow on trees. Minus side: freezing one’s fanny off. Rebecca at Calipidder.com told me about a backpacking group she hangs out with. They’re planning a couple weekend snow-camping trips in the next six…
The white isn’t just snow
by tmangan • January 24, 2006 • 4 Comments
A thread at the Backpacking.net forums wonders why so many backpackers tend to be predominantly white folks (and predominantly white guys, at that). GoBlog brought this up a few weeks back in a post skewering the lily-whiteness of Outside magazine…
How to make money in hiking
by tmangan • January 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
A man came home from a long business trip to find his young son riding a brand new bike. “Where did you get the money for that?” he asked. “It must have cost over 300 dollars!” “I earned it hiking,”…
If it’s Monday, there must be links
by tmangan • January 23, 2006 • 4 Comments
A round-up of the usual suspects: Gadling discovers the latest Nalgene wonder: a hip flask. Cutter laments the high price of romantic get-aways. Dan Mitchell met an interesting older man at the top of Mission Peak. Cyberhobo warms my heart…
Falling out all over
by tmangan • January 22, 2006 • 2 Comments
So I’m on my way to Murietta Falls, trudging up a section of the Ohlone Wilderness Trail popularly known as The Big Burn; possibly so titled because of a fiery regeneration of the plant life years ago, but certainly because…