The Whiteblaze folks count ’em out. That thread has all the main ones covered — serenity, solitude, scenery, fellowship, communing w/nature, etc. — but here are a few others that spring to mind: 1) Learning by direct experience. Like, for…
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O, ye wonders of duct tape
by tmangan • June 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
From an article praising that miracle silver stuff: That’s the weird thing about duct tape — it might fix things too well. The tape is often tougher than what is being patched together, and I’ve seen that happen with tents,…
For all you peak baggers
by tmangan • June 14, 2006 • 2 Comments
Here’s a story on people who’ve been to the high points of all 50 states. More than a dozen states, including Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio, have highpoints with road access, letting people essentially drive to the summit. Wyoming’s Gannett Peak,…
Ryan Jordan and his buds are off to the Arctic
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
First entry from his first day (well, night) of hiking is here.
Latest hiking chatter
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Whole lotta hikin goin on out there. Highlights from this morning’s RSS feed check: Jason Lustig looks back fondly on his Appalachian Trail thru-hike of 2000. How do I put into words the beauty that I saw? I saw painted…
Around the lakes
by tmangan • June 12, 2006 • 9 Comments
The only thing easy about Henry Coe State Park is the decision to go there. Easy because you can camp out almost anywhere you want without reserving a campsite. The odds are heavily in your favor that you’ll have much…
Getting your pack on a plane
by tmangan • June 9, 2006 • 4 Comments
A thread at alt.rec.hiking discusses the usual issues of whether to take a fuel bottle on a plane (in a word: no) and what to do to avoid pack straps getting caught in baggage-handling machinery. This looked like an interesting…
Another cow encounter
by tmangan • June 9, 2006 • 5 Comments
I’m getting sick of cows. They are big, they are stupid, and they leave stupendous piles of crap on the trail that I inevitably step in. The other day I was on my morning hike and had to navigate through…
Washington Trails Association’s excellent Web site
by tmangan • June 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
Andrew Engelson, editor of Washington Trails magazine, sent me a kind e-mail yesterday and pointed me to the blog of the Washington Trails Association. It’s just one fine element of a truly great Web site kept by the trails association.…