Rebecca spent last weekend in Salt Lake City gawking at gear and has a list of some of the stuff she liked. I like the sound of this: Grabber Sleeping Bag Warmers: I get so cold at night that the…
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Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • February 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Amazing,” from the photo stream of Louis Rossouw. Louis’ caption: This is a hike called the Wolfbergskeur. (Direct translation: Wolf mountain cracks). Located about 3 north of Cape Town near Citrusdal in South Africa (see link to map below to…
No good baby-carrying packs in the UK?
by tmangan • February 1, 2007 • 2 Comments
OutdoorsScotland thinks so. He did find a Kelty model that seemed OK, but a commenter from London noted this one was about the only one worth a look. Not exactly brimming over with solid choices, it appears. So what do…
You’re not paranoid if …
by tmangan • January 31, 2007 • 1 Comment
…. you’re being watched: Because they are mostly nocturnal creatures, mountain lions are rarely seen. However, they have learned to live near humans. A few years ago a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service put GPS Global Tracking…
Groundhog Day Invitational Update
by tmangan • January 31, 2007 • 9 Comments
So this Saturday is the get-together at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near San Ramon. Host Tom Gambolin Man McGuire has as staked out a route he describes thusly: Strenuous ascent of up to 1000 ft maybe to attain ridge heights…
On the Florida Trail of Woe
by tmangan • January 31, 2007 • 0 Comments
Awhile back I posted a link to Highway2Health Walk, a planned thru-hike of the Florida Trail from Orlando to Key West. The other day I revisited the Trail Journal of the hike’s organizer, one Steve Silberberg, the brains behind a…
Mining the national parks…
by tmangan • January 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
Not for ore, necessarily, but for precious species. National Parks Traveler has the rundown: Today marked the end of the public comment period on the Park Service’s intention to open the parks to bioprospecting, in which commercial enterprises would be…
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • January 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
“The descent from Tryfan,” from the photo stream of topdogdjstew. Tryfan is a craggy peak in Snowdonia, Wales, UK. The photographer notes this is the way up, not down, the hill.
Let’s have a few links
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
I missed dozens of good links last week while vacationing, but I’m back on duty now. Among the highlights: “My room looks like a hiker exploded in it,” 2007 PCT thru-hiker Stephanie says. Speaking of the long trails, As the…