The daring adventurers of California’s past — who energetically cut down most of the trees, polluted most of the streams and killed off all the grizzly bears — did do something beneficial for ensuing generations: they spent lifetimes buying up…
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Logging in the national forests
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 11 Comments
WTA Blog offers the following. As I’ve stated earlier, the Forest Service’s budget is being hammered because it is no longer generating any revenue. This decline began in the early 1990’s under the Clinton adminstration and has only been exacerbated…
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 1 Comment
“Climbing the Peaks,” from the photo stream of Mr.Enjoy. Caption: “The Pilgrim’s Path.” Locale: Madeira, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Mr. Enjoy recommends this site for more on hiking there. (Sounds like a Best Hike candidate…
I thought sure this was a joke…
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
… but there really is a Web site called predatorpee.com. Here’s the pitch: f you have ever watched nature shows on TV, you know that in the wild, the relationship between predator and prey defines the daily routine of virtually…
Florida Trail profile
by tmangan • March 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
I missed this one last week at the American Hiking Society’s Southern Appalachians Initiative blog. It talks about the history of the trail what could be done to finish it so hikers don’t have to trudge down old highways full…
Hiking sites of the Great Northwest
by tmangan • March 1, 2007 • 1 Comment
Andrew of the WTA blog has a list of many fine hiking sites, most Washington-related but not all. A sample: Abandoned Trails A detailed site by a hiker who’s fascinated with abandoned trails. This is probably the best online guide…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • March 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Shadows in the Col,” from the photo stream of 21mickrange. Taking a break before scrambling Runner Peak. Locale is Mt. Seymour Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. 21mickrange’s previous pic of the day is here
What’s become of Scouting these days?
by tmangan • March 1, 2007 • 2 Comments
Winter Warlock delivers a broadside, after reflecting on his childhood of camping, canoeing and backpacking compared to the feeble offerings of his boy’s Cub Scout troop. My best camping recollection from those days was always the January campout — in…
Going international
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
Three links of interest that are beyond U.S. borders: Bastish has more words and pix from his Japanese mountain treks. Walking the Wall rings in China’s Year of the Pig. Andy Howell has more on those excellent French mountains.