Field and Stream shows how to fit one into an Altoids tin. Link via Outdoor Hacks.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Bottled water bad for the little fishies
by tmangan • August 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s an interesting article about how spring-water companies have been trying to tap into the headwaters of springs in the Great Lakes Basin, and how local communities are fighting ’em tooth and nail. “It affects animal life, vegetation, wetlands, lakes…
Fresno Bee’s JMT blog
by tmangan • August 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
The newspaper is tackling the John Muir Trail in four chunks, one of which has just been completed. The blog for the project is here. The folks back in the newsroom were hoping for regular updates but the folks on…
A few pictorial faves
by tmangan • August 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Those of you who’ve been following my weekly hikes at Busy Being Born couldn’t have helped wondering about what it was with me and all the dead trees. Well, I just like the looks of them. The other day my…
Another A.T. dispatch
by tmangan • August 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Georgia to Maine blog reflects on one of those moments too good for words: And here I am today in Manchester, Vermont enjoying the much cooler temperatures of this glorious state! Here is something crazy — we have hiked over…
Lower-back exercises
by tmangan • August 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Sports Geezer links to a bunch of suggestions. (The Geezer has a pretty much constant stream of interesting links for folks who do outdoor stuff. Saves me the trouble of looking it up. )
Now this is why we need an Internet
by tmangan • August 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
So we can learn 31 ways to tie our shoes! (Link via Outdoor Hacks).
Why I hike: a synopsis
by tmangan • August 14, 2006 • 3 Comments
Got his e-mail from a guy named Jim the other day: I haven’t read through all of your entries yet. Maybe what I would like to know is in there someplace. I’d like to see you do an entry on…
Grapes, yes; wrath, no
by tmangan • August 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
The Wine Country is Disneyland for grown-ups: it promises large quantities of things we require — alcoholic beverages — and small quantities of things we’ve outgrown, such as bone-rattling thrill rides. What happens in the Wine Country is that people…