Ryan Jordan of Backpackinglight.com fame has rolled out a new blog for his 1000-kilometer traverse of remote Arctic tundra. The objectives are simple: Walk. Eat. Rest. With an emphasis on the first two. Ultralight gear is not a chosen style…
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A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 23, 2006 • 3 Comments
Jen and Juice, at mile 277 on the Pacific Crest Trail: What a night it was. I slept fairly soundly, Jenny on the other hand, was up most of the night conviced that the next huge gust was going to…
Get ’em away from their X Boxes
by tmangan • May 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
A story from the newspaper in Caspar, Wyoming, tells about a camp geared toward teens. “A lot of these kids come into this with no intentions of being a leader,” said Dano Camp board member Joyce Ostrom. “But before long,…
Jacks R. Better profile
by tmangan • May 23, 2006 • 1 Comment
A story about those guys who make down quilts for hammock camping: Convinced that there had to be a better way to hike, the two Jacks began experimenting with lightweight equipment that still kept campers warm. With a sewing machine…
Hiking East St. Louis
by tmangan • May 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bobby & Poot, at mile 1655 of the American Discovery Trail Then our ADT turn-by-turn told us to follow the levees into E. St. Louis. So that’s just what we did. Now, we were warned of the dangers that lurk…
Fight obesity: send your kids camping
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
Yosemite Blog points to summer fun at the Yosemite Institute. Good news: they’re out of your hair for two weeks; bad news: You’ll have to find other ways to send ’em packing the rest of the summer.
A few more thoughts on going light
by tmangan • May 3, 2006 • 3 Comments
I’ve had a couple days to digest all the stuff we learned in the Sierra Club lightweight backpacking class taught by Steve of WildeBeat fame. A few conclusions: "Either you hike to camp, or you camp to hike." I’m guessing…
Learning to be light: The outing
by tmangan • May 1, 2006 • 4 Comments
Somewhere during a punishing climb at Henry Coe State Park over the weekend, I thought about bowling balls. Namely, how glad I was not to be carrying any. I grew about a mile from a bowling alley, so I remember…
Got busted tent poles?
by tmangan • April 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s a company in Vancouver, Washington, that will repair any brand. It has a form to fill out with all your tent dimensions.