The place to see them is Badlands National Park, says Lisa Brainard, news editor for the Republican-Leader and Chatfield News inn southeastern Minnesota. South Dakota is currently my favorite place to go bison hunting, so to speak. You can find…
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Groomsman in the Yakima Herald
by tmangan • April 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
Tyler Gence hiked the Pacific Crest Trail last year; he’s giving a presentation on his experience next Wednesday in Yakima. From the story in the local paper: So Gence decided to do take some time last year to do a…
Canada bound
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 2 Comments
A hiker named 30-30, at mile 109.6 of the Pacific Crest Trail: Cowboy camping was a bust again. The dew was so heavy that it looked like it had been drizzling all night. Unless I know that it will be…
San Francisco Bay Trail pictures and write-ups
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Whole bunch of them at this site. I live walking distance from the southern reaches of the bay these days and could,if madness struck, hike around the whole bay and back with out ever turning stepping foot into an automobile.…
Who says there’s no talent in the blogosphere?
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 1 Comment
I just noticed that Dan Mitchell’s wife, an oboe player, has a blog. Dan sent her the link to yesterday’s post about the guy hiking the Appalachian Trail with his French Horn. Her conclusion: while oboe players are neurotic, horn…
A hiker’s medical guide
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 2 Comments
Cyberhobo and Crow have already linked to this — a doctor’s description of medical care for long-distance hikers — but I thought I’d post a few excerpts for the poor unfortunates who might’ve missed ’em. Though the guidelines were intended…
HIKES: Coyote Hills Regional Park
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
(This is my new column in the Mercury News Eye section; I’m archiving it here.) An easy oasis amid civilization’s sprawl Fremont will never be mistaken for an outdoors mecca – you either dodge the throngs at Lake Elizabeth or…
Hikes column debut
by tmangan • April 19, 2007 • 7 Comments
My first attempt was at Coyote Hills Regional Park.
Guess where the John Muir’s Birthday Hike is
by tmangan • April 18, 2007 • 0 Comments
Not in California, where if you fall off a long there’s a fair chance you’ll land on something named after Muir. It’s in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has been home to some of the most visionary environmental thinkers of all time.…