Back to the dirt paths this week. I tempted fate and revisited Henry Coe State Park almost a year to the day after an ill-advised trek up the steepest trail in the park under a blazing, north of 95-degree sun.…
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Well, this is cool
by tmangan • August 26, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bone Pac, the guy who was the first to finish the Appalachian Trail this season, has something trailworthy going on: Upon arriving home after the thru-hike I quickly submerged myself into to routine goings-ons of my pre-hike life (which I…
The world according to Funnybone
by tmangan • August 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
AKA Chuckie V, at mile 1595 of the Pacific Crest Trail: Things like this disturb me. How is someone supposed to afford to live in California? To me, it’s not a fair trade (and, in fact, a rather fatuous one)…
History of bear canisters, volume I
by tmangan • August 25, 2006 • 3 Comments
Steve at the WildeBeat has the scoop. Much of the credit for the current bear canister industry hinges on the fact that a guy named Garcia had a machine shop. Oh, and the fact that a hungry bear is a…
Check out the Trout Underground
by tmangan • August 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Tom Chandler sent me a note about his blog, which recently included a writeup encouraging fisherpeople to walk deeper into the country to find new and interesting lakes, streams and rivers where the fish refuse to bite. Fishing answers the…
Well, if you’re packing out your poop…
by tmangan • August 24, 2006 • 6 Comments
… then, surely, you must be drinking your dishwater. Andrew at Washington Trail Association wonders: Do you drink your dishwater? Camp cookingI’ve just recently learned of this practice. A coworker told me about a trip she’d taken on the Hoh…
Just five more to go
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
Conductor, at Mile 2160.9 on the Appalachian Trail: In reality it’s just a climb, only five miles, over in mid afternoon. In our dreams it is the finale, the place we have hiked so far to reach. After all, it’s…
The family that backpacks together…
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 2 Comments
A correspondent from a small-town paper in Tennessee shares reflections of family members who spent five days on the Appalachian Trial in Maryland. It’s 6:30 and I am wrapping another layer of duct tape around my feet to keep my…
Gettin’ down in the outdoors
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
An AskMetaFilter thread shares advice on campsite coitus. A good summary: Actually, you can spend a very comfortable and sexy weekend in a tent, especially if you’ve got a little camping experience. Depending on how hardcore you are about pack…