From a Japan Times story about hiking in the countryside northwest of Tokyo: The fellow passengers on the weekend “holiday special express” from Shinjuku to Okutama or Musashi-Itsukaichi — an hour northwest of Tokyo — are a strange melange: There…
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For all you Whitney wannabes
by tmangan • October 20, 2006 • 1 Comment
If you haven’t hiked to the highest point in the Lower 48, WildeBeat tells you how to get there. When I first started hiking I figured I had to do Mount Whitney. After all, there is a trail right to…
In Everest’s shadow
by tmangan • October 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Buddha is back in Katmandu after trekking up near the Everest base camp. But seriously, and I’m not exaggerating, our hike up to the Kangshung Face of Everest was the most amazing hike I’ve ever been on. We had spectacular…
Trail named for John Donovan
by tmangan • October 19, 2006 • 2 Comments
Donovan, you may recall, was the guy who got lost on the Pacific Crest Trail in May 2005, got trapped in a canyon and eventually perished, and the gear left in his pack helped a couple lost hikers summon help…
Getting the kids out of the house
by tmangan • October 19, 2006 • 0 Comments
A Christian Science Monitor report on declining outdoor participation among young people notes that the state parks in Connecticut have a program designed to mirror something kids (and, ahem, their parents) understand — a reality TV show — to get…
GPS news for geocachers
by tmangan • October 19, 2006 • 0 Comments
Outdoor Weblog has a blurb mentioning Boeing is supposed to be behind an effort to make GPS signals much more accurate: The rumor is out that The Boeing Co. is behind a massive upgrade of the Global Positioning System so…
Hiking with the hounds
by tmangan • October 18, 2006 • 6 Comments
Sharon Allen defies conventional wisdom and plans take her dog along on her 2007 thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. Her rationale: I’ve heard various arguments about why not to bring your dog hiking. The two major arguments put forth…
News flash
by tmangan • October 17, 2006 • 1 Comment
Lost hiker’s 35mm camera helps rescue helicopter zero in on her location: he Sheriff’s Office activated one of its helicopters and a K-9 unit, said KCSO spokeswoman Martha Dooley. Because of the heavy foliage, chopper pilot Tony Chamberlain was unable…
More hills, more trees, more skies
by tmangan • October 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Last weekend’s festivities in the wilds near Lake Shasta left me a bit glum at the prospect of finding new and interesting stuff to write about back in the in the comparatively mundane hills of the Bay Area. But then…