Not in California, where if you fall off a long there’s a fair chance you’ll land on something named after Muir. It’s in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has been home to some of the most visionary environmental thinkers of all time.…
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Got Fourteeners on the brain?
by tmangan • April 18, 2007 • 3 Comments
The Denver Post has a nice rundown of how to prepare for hiking Colorado’s high peaks. “Ascending from 5,000 feet to 14,000 feet in one day is dangerous,” DiMartino says. “If you are not used to hiking, do several weeks…
New cozy for munchies at freezerbagcooking.com
by tmangan • April 18, 2007 • 0 Comments
Sarah has a new must-have item for hungry hikers. Made of a mylar infused fabric, they are durable, crushable, packable and machine washable. They are sized to fit 2-3 energy or candy bars-and help with the worst part of summer:…
Nifty alcohol stove report
by tmangan • April 17, 2007 • 0 Comments
If you ever find yourself camping with Steve Sergeant, you can be assured that whatever he plucks from his pack will be the cream of the gear crop — not typically the priciest, probably the lightest, inevitably the coolest. The…
Fed up with buyer’s remorse
by tmangan • April 16, 2007 • 3 Comments
Something that occurred to me over the weekend: Almost every piece of gear I’ve ever bought has turned out to be the wrong thing. Tents, packs, sleeping bags/pads, you name it. They serve their purpose but are always flawed —…
Two days on the Ohlone Wilderness Trail
by tmangan • April 16, 2007 • 9 Comments
Some part of me wanted to hike all 28 miles of the Ohlone Wilderness Trail in the worst way, which I can safely say includes: Hiking in rain and pea-soup fog for the five miles of the trail I’d never…
22 pounds fully loaded
by tmangan • April 13, 2007 • 6 Comments
That’s my pack weight for this weekend’s overnighter on the Ohlone Trail. I’m going along on one of Steve Sergeant’s Sierra Club “fast and light” outings. We’re starting out at the Livermore end of the trail, hiking about 11 miles…
Web site for Free State Hiker
by tmangan • April 12, 2007 • 1 Comment
Ken Berry has the Web site up for this Maryland hiker hostel. Link here. For 30 bucks a night you get: Climate controlled bunk room Linens (sheets, blanket, towel, washcloth, pillow) Hot Shower (soap/shampoo supplied) Laundry (detergent supplied) High Speed…
How about that birch
by tmangan • April 12, 2007 • 1 Comment
Didn’t take long for my scan of AktoMan’s links to turn up something nifty. A blogger who calls himself American Bushman notes the many uses of birch bark: Birch is an especially handy tree as it can be used for…