This one’s just getting warmed up (despite all the snow): Yosemiteexplorer.com. Has lots of promise if the guy can stick with it. I say that only because lots o’ blogs get off to a great start but peter off after…
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Loads o’ links
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Let’s see what the RSS feed dragged in: Cutter found something amusing: spelling words via pictures posted at flickr.com. Must Be This Way tries on a backpack (he’s fond of the Gregory Z). Little Po’s leading an expedition to the…
Sole provisions
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Occurs to me I haven’t talked about shoes too much, which is a fairly striking omission for a blog about hiking. Well, now I have an excuse: Rebecca of Calipidder.com fame has just finished a torture test on a pair…
Africa’s best trails
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Fiona McIntosh profiles Africa’s Greatest Hiking Trails. The Malalotja Reserve in the north of Swaziland is a pristine wilderness where you can go for a short day hike or lose yourself for up to a week. Take a tent and…
Finally, an interesting “hiker rescued” story
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
The headline alone is reason enough to check this one out: N.Y. detective lost in Dismal Swamp is found Lost in Dimsal Swamp? Rats, that was going to be the title of my memoirs. This part is great: DiPaola went…
Drippy bladders
by tmangan • January 19, 2006 • 3 Comments
No cracks about bodily functions this time. I’m talking about water bladders for hiking/biking/canoeing, etc. I’ve been hiking about 18 months and have had to pitch two heavy-duty 100-ounce Nalgene bladders that became worthless after springing leaks. I bring this…
Link check
by tmangan • January 19, 2006 • 0 Comments
Just a few this morning, gotta run to the dentist in a bit. Joe Miller of the Raleigh News & Observer has an outdoors blog that had just about dried up over the holidays, but he’s back in business now.…
Hey, give yourself some credit
by tmangan • January 18, 2006 • 6 Comments
Steve the WildeBeat guy posted a comment way back when I started this blog, noting how annoying it is when bloggers don’t share their names or other biographical details. I’m not so much annoyed as bemused by the notion that…
An excellent backpacking tale
by tmangan • January 18, 2006 • 1 Comment
HighSierraTopix has a thread on “meeting people in the backcountry” that generates tons of interesting ancecdotes. My favorite so far is one by Markskor of Sacramento called The Kid from Tuolumne Store. It’s a bit long but must be read…