…. you’re being watched: Because they are mostly nocturnal creatures, mountain lions are rarely seen. However, they have learned to live near humans. A few years ago a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service put GPS Global Tracking…
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Groundhog Day Invitational Update
by tmangan • January 31, 2007 • 9 Comments
So this Saturday is the get-together at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near San Ramon. Host Tom Gambolin Man McGuire has as staked out a route he describes thusly: Strenuous ascent of up to 1000 ft maybe to attain ridge heights…
On the Florida Trail of Woe
by tmangan • January 31, 2007 • 0 Comments
Awhile back I posted a link to Highway2Health Walk, a planned thru-hike of the Florida Trail from Orlando to Key West. The other day I revisited the Trail Journal of the hike’s organizer, one Steve Silberberg, the brains behind a…
Mining the national parks…
by tmangan • January 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
Not for ore, necessarily, but for precious species. National Parks Traveler has the rundown: Today marked the end of the public comment period on the Park Service’s intention to open the parks to bioprospecting, in which commercial enterprises would be…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
“The descent from Tryfan,” from the photo stream of topdogdjstew. Tryfan is a craggy peak in Snowdonia, Wales, UK. The photographer notes this is the way up, not down, the hill.
Let’s have a few links
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
I missed dozens of good links last week while vacationing, but I’m back on duty now. Among the highlights: “My room looks like a hiker exploded in it,” 2007 PCT thru-hiker Stephanie says. Speaking of the long trails, As the…
Keeping your feet dry
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 2 Comments
So last year somebody gave me the bright idea that a pair of GoreTex-lined trail runners with gaiters would keep one’s tootsies toasty while snowshoeing. I tested the theory for the first time last week, and discovered the weaknesses when…
Warm feet for once
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
Warning: this post will mention one of the most odious of hiking tasks: the removal of shoes. I realize most of you take off your shoes all the time and perhaps the twisted among you take a good whiff just…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 3 Comments
“Harvey Ridge and Howe Sound,” from the photo stream of 21mickrange. Locale is Harvey Ridge and Howe Sound in the Britannia Range of British Columbia.