From a Sacramento Bee editorial: Overnight camping stays in the national parks have dropped more than 20 percent over the past decade. The outdoor industry finds long-distance backpacking is off by 25 percent since 1998. It might be tempting to…
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Localhikes.com profile
by tmangan • June 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
The local paper in Simi Valley, CA, profiles Jim Zuber, the guy who started localhikes.com. The website currently has more than 2,000 nationwide hikes listed, of which 300 are in Southern California. “You can spend 10 years hiking in Southern…
Got back problems?
by tmangan • June 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s a story about a guy who hiked his disc problems away. Now he’s into doing Grand Canyon rim-to-rims in 15 hours.
Getting kids into the wilds
by tmangan • June 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Steve Sergeant’s latest WildeBeat podcast interviews the author of a book about curing children’s nature deficit disorder.
Five best things about hiking
by tmangan • June 14, 2006 • 1 Comment
The Whiteblaze folks count ’em out. That thread has all the main ones covered — serenity, solitude, scenery, fellowship, communing w/nature, etc. — but here are a few others that spring to mind: 1) Learning by direct experience. Like, for…
O, ye wonders of duct tape
by tmangan • June 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
From an article praising that miracle silver stuff: That’s the weird thing about duct tape — it might fix things too well. The tape is often tougher than what is being patched together, and I’ve seen that happen with tents,…
For all you peak baggers
by tmangan • June 14, 2006 • 2 Comments
Here’s a story on people who’ve been to the high points of all 50 states. More than a dozen states, including Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio, have highpoints with road access, letting people essentially drive to the summit. Wyoming’s Gannett Peak,…
Ryan Jordan and his buds are off to the Arctic
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
First entry from his first day (well, night) of hiking is here.
Latest hiking chatter
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Whole lotta hikin goin on out there. Highlights from this morning’s RSS feed check: Jason Lustig looks back fondly on his Appalachian Trail thru-hike of 2000. How do I put into words the beauty that I saw? I saw painted…