The intrepid UK hiker has had to move his blog to http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/ after a nasty server crash that seems to have consumed the whole of his blog without so much as a burp. That reminds me, I think I’ll back…
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In-depth account of Alaska rescue
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Anchorage Daily News has a rather longish piece on a dad and his son who were hunting mountain goats deep in the wilderness. The son suffered a nasty fall and the dad had to first keep him alive, and second…
Why thebackpacker.com’s Trail Talk is cool
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Because 50-plus responses happen when somebody asked “Why am I Obsesed with a Bivy Sack?” (misspellings left intact to preserve our Geek Cred).
Travels with Buddha
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
She’s this young woman traveling in China/Tibet/Bhutan who writes these breezily hilarious Trail Journals posts. Her soon to be hubby is named Zack. Their current travels are a hoot … check ’em out.
Walking the AT for wounded veterans
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
A couple of southbound Appalachian Trail hikers are U.S. Air Force veterans, one of whom was shot several times during a rescue mission overseas. Several surgeries later he’s in fine hiking form; he and his traveling partner created trailtorecovery.org to…
Link payback
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
My server logs pointed out that a Washington state guy who’s into river rafting has linked over here. He calls his blog Tainted Ideals — it’s not all outdoors stuff but quite a bit of it is. Not hiking-related, I…
Back in the hills nearby
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
Summer flew the coop while we were wandering around in southern Utah. The weather was cool all week; it was overcast all day Saturday and Sunday dawned much the same. The breeze felt like October, which was convenient, given that…
Happy Birthday…
by tmangan • September 29, 2006 • 0 Comments
… to Little Po: She’s 31.
Brits across America
by tmangan • September 29, 2006 • 1 Comment
This morning I stumbled across not one but two blogs belonging to British citizens who are walking across the United States. Mind you it’s not that odd to have blogs about people walking across the United States. The Our Hike…