Tech digest interviews the guy in charge of everytrail.com A big trend that could fuel Everytrail’s growth is the spread of GPS into a wider range of devices, particularly mobile phones. This is partly because users will be able to…
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Avalanche-safety course discount
by tmangan • November 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Backcountry.com is offering a deal on its avalanche-safety course Backcountry.com has teamed up with the American Avalanche Institute to offer any Backcountry.com customer 20% off a Level I or Level II avalanche course this winter. Since 1974 the American Avalanche…
Do something crazy next time
by tmangan • November 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
I thought Dan Mitchell was nuts when he suggested hiking to the top of Mission Peak in the dark to catch the sunrise from the summit. I knew this meant a 5:30 lift-off, which meant waking an hour earlier to…
Mission Peak at Sunrise
by tmangan • November 23, 2006 • 1 Comment
Dan taking shots, originally uploaded by Tom Clifton. I spent the predawn hours hiking to the top of Mission Peak with Dan Mitchell, in the photo above; Tom Clifton, who took this picture; John Fedak, who joined me at Mount…
Turkey Day dawns at Mission Peak
by tmangan • November 23, 2006 • 10 Comments
So much for the full moon. Actually there was no moon at all when I got to the Mission Peak trailhead and saw a couple parked cars and shadows of headlamp-wearing humans milling about. John Fedak is the first face…
Final T-Day at Dawn reminder
by tmangan • November 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
We embark at 5:30 a.m. from the Mission Peak Stanford Avenue Trailhead. More details here. Here’s one more Mission Peak page. PDF of the trail map here.
A Flickr.com hiking pic
by tmangan • November 22, 2006 • 1 Comment
Atop Doppyo, originally uploaded by Jayme-Antonio. “Atop Doppyo” (which I assume is in Japan) is all the info available. Jayme-Antonio’s photo stream is here.
Flora and fauna links
by tmangan • November 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Winehiker posted these dandy links: What’s that Snake, and What Tree is it? (You’ll never need these links if you hike with Russ; he’s got ’em all committed to memory, but the guy can’t be everywhere).
Light backpacking for women
by tmangan • November 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
It’s true that I’m posting this because it’s the rare free item at backpackinglight.com , but there is a wealth of detail (none of that “brevity is the soul of wit” nonsense here) from two women who wrote to the…