This post at alt.rec.hiking oughta cool your ardor for getting one of those wristwatch-sized doohickies to reveal your altitutde. Seems they require so much fiddling to get an accurate reading that you’d be better off just taking a deep breath…
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Another hike posted
by tmangan • March 5, 2006 • 0 Comments
My latest hike is posted here. I did the Berry Creek Falls Loop at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
Creeks, falls and redwoods
by tmangan • March 5, 2006 • 1 Comment
Sorry, no snow this week after all. I bailed on snow-camping at Lassen Volcanic National Park because the weather was too, well, snowy. I ended up goofing off most of the weekend, but did manage to get one hike in…
The rest of the Appalachian Trail
by tmangan • March 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
It keeps on going right up into Canada. Most hikers know the northern terminus of the AT is found at Mount Katahdin. Indeed, the official US Appalachian Trail completes it’s 2,167 mile journey from Georgia there in central Maine. But…
Some Friday links
by tmangan • March 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Let’s get at ’em: Joe Miller’s working on an impressive list of 100 North Carolina Hikes. GoBlog launches another broadside against the outdoor industry. (Guiding theme: stop giving people the idea it’s so damn hard to do this stuff.) Yosemite…
Coping with “winter crap”
by tmangan • March 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
Ryan Jordan’s advice: And so, if you’re heading out into winter crap, which is about the only term that describes “temperatures near freezing with sustained heavy snow and rain and no opportunity to dry gear”, follow these rules: 1. Down…
Compass 101
by tmangan • March 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
National Geographic has a quickie course on finding your way with a map and compass. (Link via The Adventure Blog).
An intriguing stove idea
by tmangan • March 2, 2006 • 5 Comments
Got an e-mail yesterday from the proprietor of Spenton.net, who is selling these “WoodGas” camp stoves that raise interesting possibilities for folks camping in areas where there’s lots of dry wood lying around. The stove is a bit heavy at…
A coward’s tale
by tmangan • March 1, 2006 • 5 Comments
So I was all set to take a three-day snow-camping trip this weekend to Butte Lake at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I had experienced people to go with; I had my new snowhoes; I had my zero-degree sleeping bag. What…