A thread at the Hiking HQ led me to Blackpacker, a blog by a guy who says he joined the military for training as a revolutionary (I have a weakness for radicalism — sort of a release valve for working…
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Cooking in the backcountry
by tmangan • November 25, 2005 • 1 Comment
My last camp-out gave me a chance to compare a couple philosophies about dining in the backcountry: one is to go ahead and do business with companies that take much the trouble out of providing nutrition, provided you don’t mind…
Good thing the grizzly wasn’t hungry
by tmangan • November 24, 2005 • 0 Comments
No bald jokes please. He lost a chunk of scalp to a defensive mama grizzly. The Otters were carrying bear repellent, but there was no time to react. The mother bear lunged at the two hikers. All Johan Otter remembers…
Turkey Day jaunt
by tmangan • November 24, 2005 • 2 Comments
Last Thanksgiving I hiked to the top of Mission Peak, where I met a guy who told me he hikes the Peak every year on this day. So I’m gonna go back and see if I can run into the…
Hawaiian scenery that will drive you mad
by tmangan • November 23, 2005 • 1 Comment
Gambolin Man recounts his trip to Kaua
A shout-out to the Snow Nymph
by tmangan • November 23, 2005 • 0 Comments
Spent about an hour this morning checking out page after page of spectacular scenery at the Web site of Snow Nymph, who with her male companion Snow Dude seems to have hiked every trail worth hiking in the Sierra, and…
Why it’s good to be in Tennessee
by tmangan • November 23, 2005 • 2 Comments
Because you’re so much closer to Gatlinburg, where Jonathan the Weekend Blogger spent the weekend. He’s got some wonderful pix of the mountains nearby, and to my surprise, sharks at an aquarium. I’ve been to the town just once, during…
Loving in the woods
by tmangan • November 22, 2005 • 1 Comment
So you’re in the wilds with the one you adore when the Cialis Moment arrives. Assuming that the exertions of hauling heavy stuff up steep hills haven’t, uh, drained you completely, there are serious practical concerns to weigh before the…
There’s bad luck, then there’s BAD luck
by tmangan • November 22, 2005 • 1 Comment
How many times have you just sat on a rock near the trail to catch your breath? The rock has been sitting in that same spot for, oh, you know, a hundred years, but the minute you sit on it,…