Handy reminders from Newswise.com; one of the bunch: Try lubricants and antiperspirants. For short hikes, petroleum jelly and drying powders can help. For longer hikes, antiperspirants containing aluminum chloride hexahydrate have a proven effect by reducing the amount of perspiration…
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Death march survivor’s tale
by tmangan • August 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s a guy who retraced a real death march, in New Guinea, scene of one of the most terrible hikes in the history of World War II. Campbell recalled hearing about an ill-fated march by a battalion of U.S. infantrymen,…
For your next hiking vacation
by tmangan • August 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Inn-to-inn hiking is available in Colorado: “It is a type of hiking generally not available in the United States,” Novic says, noting that most American long-distance trails are one continuous route. “Inn-to-inn walks, however, are unbeatable for someone who enjoys…
Another Tomales Point hike
by tmangan • July 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
In the past two weeks I have discussed the following with Seagull, my hiking visitor from China: The fundamental contradictions of American culture (standing for freedom, keeping slaves, for example). The Marketplace of Ideas theory (people will buy the good…
Five ways to avoid getting killed
by tmangan • July 28, 2006 • 5 Comments
CBSNEWS.COM lists the top five causes of hiking fatalities. Falling Drowning Heart Attack Hypothermia Heat stress
Somewhere east of Texas
by tmangan • July 27, 2006 • 0 Comments
From a blog called WhiteCrow Walking, authored by a guy who’s walking all over the United States. The clerk warm up to me slowly as if he finally believes I am whom I say I am. Although I know I’ll…
Crazy from the heat
by tmangan • July 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
Chris Clarke, owner of the Creek Running North blog, went out hiking at Mount Diablo over the weekend, when inland Bay Area temperatures were running from 105 to 115 at the hottest part of the day. He shared this quick…
Adventure eating
by tmangan • July 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
Stephen Regenold on what keeps him satiated on a mountainside: Lately, I’ve become more scientific about adventure eating, reading nutrition labels, counting calories and divvying food up in baggies for per-hour and per-diem ratios. For big adventures, including overnight mountain…
Fedak’s at it again
by tmangan • July 25, 2006 • 2 Comments
Eleven weeks after busting his right ankle in fine fashion at Yosemite, John Fedak took his first hike over the weekend. Eight miles in hundred-degree heat on the first trip out, that’s the kinda hiker he is.