The Mountain World is the work of outdoor writer and editor Dougald MacDonald. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post about the climber quotas on Denali in Alaska. Incidentally, the media have reported that one justification for the cap is…
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Catching up on some links
by tmangan • February 28, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’ve been busy getting ready for another snow-camping outing this weekend, which has distracted me from important blogging duties, but it’s been a bit quiet on the blogroll of late so the backlog isn’t too great. Without further ado: Those…
Sunol, it’s good to know you
by tmangan • February 26, 2006 • 1 Comment
Another Sunday, another ramble with Mike and Kathy’s hiking club at Sunol Regional Wilderness. You can’t go wrong at Sunol, though we have tried, time and again. Mention Sunol to anybody who hikes in the Bay Area and wait for…
Why we hike
by tmangan • February 24, 2006 • 5 Comments
A few reasons appear in this piece from the Raleigh News & Observer: Slowing the aging process, lowering blood pressure, keeping a healthy weight, preventing heart disease and a host of other benefits derived from hiking didn’t top most hikers’…
A good ol’ blogroll
by tmangan • February 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Catching up on a few links I’ve been fixing to get ready to post (please ignore the ones you’ve seen already because you cruise all the same sites I do): LittlePo reassures us she didn’t always trot up mountainsides with…
Your feet hate cotton socks
by tmangan • February 23, 2006 • 3 Comments
So says this research study claiming what we all knew: cotton socks are blister bait. Biological engineering students at the University of Missouri-Columbia tested 10 popular brands of athletic socks and separated the good from the bad with a device…
Winter survival tips
by tmangan • February 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Cyberhobo tells about the cheap stuff you need avoid an avalanche. Justin in Wisconsin is going winter camping and includes a link on how get a fire going. This is simply too cool for words: Starting a fire with a…
Donner party anniversary
by tmangan • February 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s a photo gallery of a hiking group from northern California that went snowshoeing in the high Sierra valley where the Donner Party practically froze and starved while stranded by the winter of 1846. Includes several shots of interpretive plaques,…
Yes, it’s another outdoors blog
by tmangan • February 21, 2006 • 0 Comments
This one’s called Wicked Outdoorsy, belonging to a public relations agency with clients in the outdoors biz. Most of us in the news biz would wretch at the mere idea of linking to a PR blog, except that most of…