When last we encountered Seagull, my Chinese hiking friend, the two of us traveled to Point Reyes to gaze upon elk and the Pacific Ocean. Since then Seagull came upon a Chinese-American outdoors club based in San Francisco that took…
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Why are we blogging?
by tmangan • November 4, 2006 • 2 Comments
I noticed that Chris Clarke of the Creek Running North blog has gone on hiatus. I can understand the temptation, having put my share of blogs and other sites in mothballs because I had run out of the time/energy/interest required…
Strengthening your ankles
by tmangan • November 4, 2006 • 0 Comments
A hiker asks Outside magazine’s fitness guru how to build stronger ankles. Turns out previous injuries that haven’t healed properly can cause weakness down the road: In addition to being born with loose ankles, you can also develop them due…
This one’s for Fedak
by tmangan • November 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
In honor of his broken leg, here’s a link to a woman who broke hers on a trail in Corsica, possibly monkey-wrenching her plans to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail next summer. In August, I was hiking with my husband…
National Parks links
by tmangan • November 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Gadling linked to USA-C2C.com, the site of a guy and his wife who are traveling to every national park and most national historic sites. Their site has rankings on amenities, scenic splendor, accessibility and other stuff of interest to tourist…
Why Teddy Roosevelt was way cool
by tmangan • November 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
Happened across this quote attributed to him: “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the…
Another Scoutmaster blog
by tmangan • November 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
A Scout’s Campfire is the blog of a 40-something former Eagle Scout who is now an assistant Scoutmaster in North Carolina. (Link via Scoutmaster). Yesterday the Campfire covered the ever-popular How Safe Is Backwoods Water? debate, and today’s entry links…
Time and distance calculator
by tmangan • November 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Scoutmaster links to an excellent online tool to calculate how long it should take to finish your hike. The gadget at wotzwot.co.uk builds on the Naismith Rule, which is that the average pace is three miiles per hour, adding an…