A thread at Google Groups mentions a climber at Big Bend National Park summoning rescuers because he was stuck on a rock. I know the boys at GoBlog are opposed to this sort of thing on general principles — it’s…
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Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 7, 2007 • 0 Comments
Abandoned Hotel, originally uploaded by jWt_foto. “Abandoned Hotel” from the photo stream of jWt foto. Setting is the Catskills in New York state.
Night hiking
by tmangan • January 6, 2007 • 1 Comment
An interesting recently discovered blog called As the Crow Flies discusses hiking after dark: When the days are scorching and the nights are cool, I find it a good strategy to hike at night, especially when there is a long…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 6, 2007 • 0 Comments
tent in moonlight, originally uploaded by TroyMason. “tent in moonlight” from the photo stream of Troy Mason. The pic is a 30-second exposure with a headlamp lighting the tent. Locale is Duckabush River. Olympic National Park.
Further evidence of Google’s plan for global domination
by tmangan • January 5, 2007 • 5 Comments
I’m speaking of the Google Reader, which I’ve been fiddling with all morning after giving up on Bloglines for the last time. I had been using a Firefox plugin called Sage for all my RSS feeds, but it quit working…
National Parks Traveler gets a plug
by tmangan • January 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Kurt was one of the bloggers checking out the faulty claims that the Parks Service wasn’t letting its employees reveal the “true age” of the Grand Canyon. Today he earned an atta-boy from Daily Kos, the heaviest of the heavyweight…
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Snowshoes, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos. Snowshoes from the photo stream of nicholsphotos. Scene is a New Year’s Day hike in Elena Gallegos Park in the Albuquerque foothills. (Lots o’ great snow pix in this photo stream, definitely worth checking out).
Time to start planning for Trail Days ’07
by tmangan • January 4, 2007 • 2 Comments
I’ve set aside five vacation days in May coinciding with Trail Days, which runs May 18-20 in Damascus, Virginia. Travel days are the 17th and the 21st. I realize there are inherent issues with spending three days surrounded by thousands…
Blog tagging
by tmangan • January 4, 2007 • 3 Comments
I guess this is a status symbol: getting an e-mail saying “you’ve been blog-tagged” and instructing you to write five things nobody knows about you, and to blog-tag five more people. Like a chain letter without the threats of seven…