From a recent Akron Beacon-Journal report: Josh Wengerd is taking steps — millions of them, in fact — to raise awareness about a Stark County group that helps people who can’t afford their prescription medicines. Starting next month, the 23-year-old…
Backpacking
Links and comments about backpacking, camping and long distance hiking at Two-Heel Drive
Why he’s hiking the PCT
by tmangan • February 23, 2007 • 0 Comments
Paul Caccamo, from a Trail Journals prep entry: For quite some time I’ve been feeling the desire to check out of our mechanized and digitalized existence. I’ve become extremely sensetive to machine sounds over the past few years. If I’m…
Taking your teen backpacking
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Jeffrey from the American Hiking Society offers tips to avoid making your teen-aged daughter distant and resentful.
Because you can never be too geeky
by tmangan • February 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
Trailcraft Russ admits he’s gone off the deep end in regards to lightening his pack. Now he’s weighing all his food to make sure he takes only the light stuff along. He’s created a chart comparing how many calories per…
Hooked on the PCT
by tmangan • February 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
Sarah at Freezerbag Cooking offers another of her excellent not-about-cooking posts, this one on the siren song of the Pacific Crest Trail, of which she’s hiked a few sections: Over the past years I started piecing trips out when I…
The AT in 90 seconds
by tmangan • February 8, 2007 • 2 Comments
Old Goat put together this video slide show of his Appalachian Trail adventure last year. Pretty cool!
Backpacking for beginners
by tmangan • February 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Trailcraft has a must-read list of tips for beginners. For instance: Go easy on the Nalgene bottles
Ultra-lighting the Ice Box
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Andrew Skurka’s latest adventure is across the frozen wastes of northern Minnesota. Base pack weight: 16 pounds. Gear list is here — it’s heavy on the Go-Lite, his sponsor/employer. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the ever-present issue…
Ruined by the PCT
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Seems like only yesterday I posted a note about PCT Class o 2006 veteran Haiku; last night I found this at Trail Journals from Treehugger, who hiked with Haiku for 2000 miles last summer: I am happier than I have…