I found a great rant about training for hiking last year. Yesterday’s post about treadmills reminded me of this guy’s post, which I tracked down this morning. I call “the REI generation” the crowd of casual hikers who want to…
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Training on a treadmill
by tmangan • November 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Let me start by saying I am categorically opposed to training with a treadmill. The whole point of hiking is to get off the treadmills/ellipticals/weight machines and out into the world. The best way to train for an activity is…
Tomales Point hike
by tmangan • November 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Pix and commentary on yesterday’s hike at Tomales Point posted at my homepage.
Cold Tomales
by tmangan • November 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
On a sunny day, the route to Tomales Point is breathtaking. The roar of the Pacific Ocean crashing against the cliffs. Cool breezes all the way from Japan. Elk the size of stallions grazing on a hillside. Yesterday wasn’t one…
Off hiking today
by tmangan • November 6, 2005 • 0 Comments
For my upcoming birthday, my wife bought me a guided day hike at Tomales Point from this outfit called Absolute Adventures. With any luck I’ll see giant thule elk mating (or at least calling out for love. They call it…
Hut to hut hiking
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 3 Comments
A New York Times travel piece has several useful links. The Alps are said to have the best-maintained, most extensive hut system in the world. The Austrian National Tourist Office, at www.austria.info, (212) 944-6880, for example, can provide a free…
Lost in the wilds of Mexico
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 0 Comments
Much wilder than the guy expected, it turned out. The link is to a New York Times review of a book called “Trail of Feathers, Searching for Philip True,” by Robert Rivard. True was a reporter for the San Antonio…
Ain’t Google great?
by tmangan • November 4, 2005 • 0 Comments
If you Google “hiking blog,” Two-Heel Drive is first on the list! Now all we have to do is find some people interested in searching on those words.
All about undies
by tmangan • November 4, 2005 • 0 Comments
A thread at BackpackingLight on boxers vs. briefs. Something else I learned the hard hard way: regular old briefs ain’t made for walking long distances. They get all knotted up down there and end up chafing the hell out of…