… about people conquering the AT, PCT, etc? Oh, yeah, because now people are finishing the trails. It helps to live in a small town with a paper desperate for anything remotely interesting to fill its pages. Long-distance hikers come…
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Winter camping for newbies
by tmangan • November 16, 2005 • 0 Comments
rec.backcountry has an informative thread. On the more concrete level: in winter camping/travel moisture is your enemy and your goal. Be warm through layers; keep dry through not overlayering. Be able to ventilate without chilling; be able to hydrate without…
So much for taking the morning off
by tmangan • November 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
Well, I did get in 3.5 miles this morning, carrying about 20 pounds in the ol’ daypack. Should’ve been a fairly uneventful hour and 15 minutes with maybe 800 feet of elevation gain — trails all dry & groomed, warming…
For your next snowshoeing expedition
by tmangan • November 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
For all you poor saps who deal with snow in the winter: A bunch of handy tips for keeping yourself dry — and alive — while exerting yourself in cold weather, from the folks at Seattle Mountaineers. I moved to…
All that leave-no-trace business
by tmangan • November 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
Hiker Dude’s got it all on his blog.
Taking the morning off
by tmangan • November 15, 2005 • 0 Comments
I’m doing a little training hike this morning; check back tomorrow for fresh post-age. I did post a couple comments over at the Get Outdoors Blog, if you’re curious.
Raft o’ hiking links
by tmangan • November 14, 2005 • 0 Comments
Greatoutdoors.com has a bunch of hiking-related items posted. Excerpt from Peter Potterfield’s “Classic Hikes of the World. Among the classics: Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim, Grand Canyon National Park Routeburn Track, South…
Weekend’s outings
by tmangan • November 14, 2005 • 0 Comments
From the blogroll: Calipidder went snow camping. Jonathan Claxton went to the Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness Dan Mitchell took more swell nature pictures. Felix Wong went trail running in the Rattlesnake Rumble
The Official Fall Colors Hike
by tmangan • November 13, 2005 • 2 Comments
One of the excellent rewards of hiking every weekend is seeing the seasons change. Most of the trees in the Bay Area are evergreens so we don’t get New England-style, knock-your-socks-off autumn colors, though we do get a few splashes…