Simplehiker posts 11 essentials for the health of your feet. 7. Wear Gaiters Gaiters can be a love hate relationship with hikers. Most people will say only use them in wet weather or poor terrain. But the author of this…
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A nice article about blogging
by tmangan • February 15, 2006 • 1 Comment
New York Magazine has a fact-filled story about who becomes famous in the blogoshpere and who toils in obscurity. By all appearances, the blog boom is the most democratized revolution in media ever. Starting a blog is ridiculously cheap; indeed,…
Stuff they left out of the guidebooks
by tmangan • February 15, 2006 • 3 Comments
This thread at Whiteblaze has a long list of tips from people who spend weeks and months on the trail. On packing tents: There are two thoughts on packing tents when breaking camp. One, fold and roll as the factory…
A couple quick links
by tmangan • February 15, 2006 • 2 Comments
Treknologies reviews an ultralight Coleman canister stove, and elicits some skepticism from me with a glowing review of a new kind of Mountain House freeze-dried meals (all the ones I’ve tried have tasted like cardboard). Outdoorness links to a lengthy…
What I got for Valentine’s Day
by tmangan • February 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
A pot cozy for my next winter cookout! That’s what they mean by heart-warming.
Land of the impulse buys
by tmangan • February 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
Steepandcheep.com has a new deal every 24 hours. Each product has a discussion thread for folks to weigh the merits of the doo-dad in question. It has an RSS feed so you can check it every day. Worth a look…
More on hiking poles
by tmangan • February 13, 2006 • 3 Comments
Here’s another article on the benefits of hiking with a pair of poles. It covers all the basics at the beginning but gets into an area we don’t hear much about in the U.S.: Nordic walking, which is all the…
Catching up on our links
by tmangan • February 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Let’s see what the blog roll turned up: Outdoor Sports Blog links to an excellent Anchorage Daily News story about a snowshoer who died in an avalanche; the story restates the meme that a little avalanche knowledge is a dangerous…
Another hike posted
by tmangan • February 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
I did the Falls Trail Loop at Mount Diablo State Park. Pix & words here.