These are the confirmed bloggers for the Mt. Shasta meetup: Little Po Trout Underground Fedak Wine Hiker GoBlog Best Hikes GoBlog has also invited every biking blogger on earth, but has no takers so far. Note that Rick McCharles, of…
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A solo Arctic adventure
by tmangan • September 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Happened across the page of a guy who solo hiked Alaska’s Brooks Range this summer. He saw a few grizzlies and a lot of arctic squirrels. And no sunset for weeks on end.
A bridge far gone
by tmangan • September 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
You can’t go wrong checking out the Golden Gate Bridge. But there are good days and bad days to check it out. The good days are sunny afternoons in October when there’s no fog, when San Francisco is a shining…
Why the coast is priceless
by tmangan • September 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
"Is there ANYPLACE else on earth you’d want to be right now?" The guy’s breathing heavy with a look of orgiastic bliss on his face. As far as I know he has not just successfully seduced Eva Longoria, but you…
Latest from the blogs
by tmangan • September 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m on vacation this week and next, when we do Zion, Bryce and the North Rim all in one week (realizing that a month could be consumed in each of these locales. Well, that’s what the future’s for). Till then…
Distance and calories-burned calculator
by tmangan • September 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
This is way, way cool: Gmap-Pedometer.com. It uses Google Maps to calculate how far you’ve walked and how many calories you’ve burned. The distance tool is reasonably accurate given that the only way to create points on your route is…
A creek to fall for
by tmangan • September 10, 2006 • 2 Comments
There used to be a limestone quarry here. Then somebody found a better way to extract lime from the stone and the site fell into ruin. The guy who started the quarry cut down most of the trees and laid…
Well, that’s one way to get out of work
by tmangan • September 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
This gem just came in over the wires: DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Authorities who spent five days searching for a Marine after a friend reported him lost in a hiking accident have arrested the friend and said Thursday they believe…
Not exactly a day off
by tmangan • September 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
A Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker named Moose recounts a busy town stop at Ashland, Oregon, The rest of the day was a frantic race. We dropped our stuff in the room and ran to the bus stop. Caught the bus…