From the Orlando Sentinel: It’s a rewarding combination of cardiovascular endurance, problem solving and great scenery — a test of the mind, as well as the body. Participants use color-coded topographical maps showing plant life, water features and other natural…
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In bloom at the Pinnacles
by tmangan • March 17, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m planning to hike at the Pinnacles National Monument on Sunday, so this page showing which flowers are in bloom is quite handy. Most of them aren’t, but there should be enough to distract us from all those cool rocks…
Going long
by tmangan • March 16, 2006 • 3 Comments
Here’s a nice in-depth article on getting ready for thru-hikes. An excerpt: I have gone backpacking in the Grand Canyon with marathoners who, by the end of a 12 mile day, became complete wrecks. Their endurance was good for comparatively…
Land o’ linkin’
by tmangan • March 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Yes, it’s a another link dump — good thing all my nerdy blogger pals have found time away from their adventures to put in important minutes in front of their keyboards. (It’s either this or develop compelling original content. What…
Getting lost, and found
by tmangan • March 15, 2006 • 4 Comments
I happened across this link to a story about a guy who got himself and his girlfriend good and lost on a day hike at Mount Tamalpais north of San Francisco. They ended up stranded in the dark seven miles…
Tell me about your tarp
by tmangan • March 14, 2006 • 7 Comments
I admit I’ve caught the bug for cutting pack weight. Naturally this occurred only after I had purchased a six-pound pack and a five-pound tent. Lately I’ve been poking around and looking for ideas about camping with a tarp, and…
Let’s have a link check
by tmangan • March 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
Snow and job stuff has been a bit of a distraction of late but at least I’ve got my links: Geared Up has a bunch of fine pictuers of tents pitched in very cold places (yes, we’re outdoor geeks if…
Well, my employer’s up for sale
by tmangan • March 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
You may have heard that Knight Ridder, which owns my newspaper, has been sold and the buyer plans to sell the Mercury News, which pays my salary. My take on the situation is here.
See more snow
by tmangan • March 12, 2006 • 2 Comments
It snows hard on the hills around Silicon Valley every second year or so. We got zero snow last year so I figured this weekend’s snowstorm — coming this late in the winter — is about the most we can…