The Our Hike gals were in Auburn, CA, in the Sierra foothills the other day. The day before they met a real live cowboy in the hills: Our morning started out having coffee with Cowboy Ed and talking about what…
Monthly Archives: October 2006
All about the walk
by tmangan • October 12, 2006 • 1 Comment
Walktopia is a nice blog I happened upon this morning. Not precisely a “walking in the woods” site but everybody’s gotta start somewhere.
Ho Down 2006 clean-up
by tmangan • October 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Last post on 2006 stuff, I promise. For bookkeeping purposes, here’s one last list of Ho Down-related links: Fedak’s pix here. LittlePo’s write-up here. GoBlog write-up here. BestHikes post here. Many more of Rick’s pix here. Winehiker Russ’s write-up here.…
Thru-hiking for the cure
by tmangan • October 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
This one’s for my mom, who’s been involved with Race for the Cure for years: Steph Wilson is hiking the PCT next year and raising money for breast cancer research. In the small-world department, Steph was transcriber for speedy PCT…
Songs about hiking
by tmangan • October 11, 2006 • 4 Comments
Sharon Allen, who is planning 2007 thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, has amassed a list of trail-related tunage. for her MP3 player. For starters: Who Knew- Matt Keating California Stars- Billy Bragg and Wilco This Land is Your Land-…
Industry & gear blog
by tmangan • October 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Outdoor Gear Engine Blog has been added to the RSS feed. These days I’m trying as hard not to buy gear as I was trying to acquire it awhile back, but anyway: This blog has a bunch of posts about…
What I did over the weekend
by tmangan • October 10, 2006 • 0 Comments
Went camping at Mount Shasta with a bunch of folks I met via Two-Heel Drive, my hiking blog. Check out the details here. There are pictures, but you have to scroll down a ways to find them.
One more Ho Down post …
by tmangan • October 10, 2006 • 2 Comments
… and I’ll give it a rest for awhile. I just wanted to provide quick impressions of the people I met over the weekend. Climb_CA: Much nicer in person. Tall and buff, able to scale impossible rock scrambles on no…
So long, Shasta; Hello, Damascus
by tmangan • October 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
The weekend after Mother’s Day is Trail Days 2007 in Damascus, Virginia. I’ve made up my mind I’m going. Rick of Best Hikes has the dates — May 18, 19, 20 — penciled it in, and Cutter says he can…