Another fine blogroll: Calipidder did what any right-thinking hiker/blogger would do for the Thanksgiving holiday: Went camping in Death Valley. Dan Mitchell has lots more pictures of fall colors. Outdoor Sports Blog talks up camping food. Simplehiker discovers a site…
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A couple sites for East Coast (U.S.) hikers
by tmangan • November 28, 2005 • 1 Comment
Just found two excellent sites: Hiking Upward, which profiles tons o’ trails in Virginia/West Virginia; and Mid-Atlantic Hikes, which ups the ante with Pennsylvania and Maryland. If you live somewhere that doesn’t already have one of these “where should I…
50th day, 50th state
by tmangan • November 28, 2005 • 0 Comments
As if to prove that Two-Heel Drive is at the forefront of all things that truly matter in the hiking world, I’ve discovered that today is the last day of Ted Keizer’s challenge to hike 50 kilometers in 50 states…
Down by the seaside
by tmangan • November 27, 2005 • 0 Comments
I made a little return visit to Tomales Point (that’s a bull elk scratching a hard-to-reach itch). Details here.
Cool Tomales
by tmangan • November 27, 2005 • 1 Comment
Three weeks back, I slogged though mist, rain and fog to Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore. I saw all there was to see, provided it was less than a hundred feet into the fog. I knew a return…
For the hiker on your Christmas list
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Simplehiker has a raft of gift ideas. (As a member of the editing profession I must warn you that Simplehiker is a bit lax in the spelling department now and again, but the tips are swell).
More on the pot-farm clean-up
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Steve at the Wildebeat has posted his account of the cleanup of the pot plantation in Big Basin State Park. A shoot-out happened when the cops went up there and busted it last summer. While you’re in the neighborhood, the…
Synthetic sleeping bag filler
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Interesting thread at The Lightweight Backpacker on various man-made fibers in sleeping bags. I ended up buying a synthetic-fill bag partly because it was super light, but also because synthetics insulate when wet, unlike down fill. One contributor begs to…
Thankfulness has its limits, I guess
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
So I stop by TrailForums and click on this link about Thanksgiving, just for fun. You know, that holiday about being generous and good and kindly toward one’s fellow man during the commercial breaks in the football games. The thread’s…