Bob Berwyn at New West has a series of articles about keeping yourself alive amid sketchy snow. He describes a few backcountry-skiing incidents that stick in his mind because they darted around in the general vicinity of disaster, though he…
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Running across the Sahara
by tmangan • February 21, 2007 • 2 Comments
So we’ve been dutifully tracking Paula Constant’s trek across Africa, with her tales of carrying one’s luggage atop a camel’s hump, avoiding prickly desert flora and fauna, finessing relationships with nomads who’ve traveled the desert since, well, forever I guess.…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • February 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Footprints in Fresh Snow,” from the photo stream of novascotiaskier. Setting is Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Steep Ravine, Matt Davis trails, Mount Tamalpais summit
by tmangan • February 20, 2007 • 4 Comments
Mount Tamalpais is the biggest hill in Marin County, which is just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. I’ve been meaning to check out the trails there pretty much since I first began hiking, but the long drive…
Scenes from Coyote Hills Regional Park
by tmangan • February 17, 2007 • 0 Comments
Coyote Hills Regional Park is along the San Francisco Bay’s Fremont shoreline. The hills are more like humps and half the trails are paved. A nice place for an easy stroll, and an excellent place to snap off a few…
Sizing up Mount Sizer
by tmangan • February 17, 2007 • 1 Comment
The idea of having 80-some thousand acres all to yourself is hard to get your head around — it’s not like you can act on such knowledge. Heck, it’d take 20 years to explore it all on foot, and while…
Taking the day off
by tmangan • February 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
I have a five-day weekend and plan to pretend every day is Saturday till next Tuesday, so blogging will be light until then. It so happens, though, that a couple people e-mailed me with links to their sites yesterday that…
Heart-shaped nature
by tmangan • February 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
Obligatory Valentine’s Day content: Pictures of stuff in nature shaped like hearts Thanks to Andrew at Washington Trails Association for the link.
An ode to duct tape
by tmangan • February 14, 2007 • 1 Comment
The Citizen-Times of Asheville, N.C., profiles a book about backcountry repairs. The many wonders and uses of duct tape on the trail are extolled in a new pocket-size guidebook, “Don’t Forget the Duct Tape: Tips and Tricks for Repairing Outdoor…