Jim Hamm has a stupendous gash in his scalp, courtesy of the big cat that pounced on him a few weeks back. His wife had to repeatedly hit the cat with a stick before it would let go. Today, after…
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At the chiropractor
by tmangan • February 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
PTC class o’ 2007 hopeful Stephanie is trying to get a small detail in order — the fact that her spine is a bit of train wreck — and reports back from her first chiropractic experience: First, he sat me…
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • February 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Ancient Bristlecone Pine,” from the photo stream of Clinton Steeds. Locale is the White Mountains of California.
Taking your teen backpacking
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Jeffrey from the American Hiking Society offers tips to avoid making your teen-aged daughter distant and resentful.
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Pencil-necked Geek with Bart Simpson Haircut,” from the photo stream of rovingmagpie. Caption: ” What our imaginations get up to when we’re on the trail – the body is tired but the brain is still drinking it all in :^)”…
Storing your inflatable pad
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 2 Comments
Leave it inflated, with the valve open, Gear Guy says. What we do at my house: stash ’em behind a door that stays open all the time and use a door stopper to keep them flush against the wall. Whatever…
Photographer, naturalist dies on Hawaii hike
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
David Boynton fell 300 feet from a trail on a steep cliff on the north face of the Miloli’i Valley wall on Kaua’i. Boynton, 61, was born on O’ahu and had been a teacher for 36 years. He was a…
This just in: Topo maps of Mars
by tmangan • February 12, 2007 • 2 Comments
Can’t wait to try out my Gore-Tex on the Red Planet: Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first ‘hiker’s maps’ of Mars. Giving detailed height contours and names of geological features…
Because you can never be too geeky
by tmangan • February 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
Trailcraft Russ admits he’s gone off the deep end in regards to lightening his pack. Now he’s weighing all his food to make sure he takes only the light stuff along. He’s created a chart comparing how many calories per…