An L.A. Times article raves over the odorous wonders of Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Here’s how the story goes: In 1865, a pioneer named Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, who had discovered the site the year before, guided a…
Monthly Archives: October 2007
“Sex in a Tent” author on tour
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 1 Comment
Michelle Waitzman wants all nookie-loving hikers to know her new book, “Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature,” will be released on Oct. 15. CORRECTION: She’ll be at the Marmot Mountain Works store at…
NorCal Explorer blog
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
Tom Spaulding of Sacramento has a bunch of intriguing posts at his blog, which combines hike write-ups and descriptions of local oddities — mainly goofy signs and obsolete roadside attractions. The most recent post describes a hike to Alamere Falls,…
Bay Area Critic’s hikes
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
The Bay Area Critic blog has a hiking category where the blog’s owner posts group hike announcements. It’s handy if you’re trolling for outing ideas.
Butterfly season coming soon
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
South Bay blogger Greg Grothaus notes that the Monarch butterfly migration is beginning at Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. The totally amazing part is that these butterflies have never been here before. Their parent’s parents have, but since…
Ice fishing in the Maine woods
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 1 Comment
Kevin Ellingwood dropped me a note about his site, Mainemine.com, which is devoted to outdoorsy stuff in the far, far northeast, where the winters compare favorably to a well-digger’s fanny. He’s starting a blog, natch, which includes a rambling but…
Yeah, they still hire fire lookouts
by tmangan • October 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
Not nearly as many as in the old days, however. The New York Times profiles a guy who spends his summers looking for smoke in Tahoe National Forest. To get to the Saddleback lookout, one travels back in time, road-wise,…
Priceless hiking-related headine of the day
by tmangan • October 2, 2007 • 2 Comments
From the Los Angeles Times: “Friends’ hike ends with sword-wielding brawl” What started as a Sunday hike in the San Gabriel Mountains among friends turned into a violent brawl involving a sword and pepper spray. Police said 26-year-old Wesley Brockway,…
Priceless grammatical error of the day
by tmangan • October 2, 2007 • 1 Comment
From a teen’s account of visiting Yellowstone: Our next stop was what we had come here to see: the infamous Old Faithful geyser. Scheduled to erupt every 92 minutes, we waited impatiently. I know if I were scheduled to erupt…