So I’m sitting on the end of fallen redwood six miles into the semi-wilds of Big Basin State Park (it’s far too popular with humans to be truly wild). I’m in a lush valley near a creek that burbles, roars…
Backpacking
Links and comments about backpacking, camping and long distance hiking at Two-Heel Drive
Big Sur, for sure
by tmangan • July 10, 2005 • 0 Comments
“No camper has ever been turned away from Andrew Molera State Park,” Teresa told us. Teresa’s the co-founder of the East Bay Backpacking Club. She planned an easy weekend trip at the park, which is perched on the Big Sur…
Cache and dogs
by tmangan • June 27, 2005 • 3 Comments
If you hike the trails around the Bay Area you’re bound to see people hiking with their dogs, who always seem to be having about 19 times more fun than their human companions (people don’t own their dogs out here,…
Everything’s heavy at Henry Coe
by tmangan • June 20, 2005 • 5 Comments
I proved yesterday that I can walk five miles uphill with 40 pounds of camping gear strapped on. Actually, I sorta knew I could because I’d done it with a bit less weight last month, but I hadn’t done it…
Backpacking at long last
by tmangan • May 30, 2005 • 2 Comments
Every week it’s a new class of Outdoors 101 in the University of the Great Outdoors. Hiking is the land-grant college — economical, close to home, plenty to offer to motivated students, just tough enough to weed out the slackers.…
On going light
by tmangan • February 17, 2005 • 0 Comments
Just got this e-mail this morning from a veteran hiker/backpacker named Scott Huffman. It was so interesting I’m compelled to share: Tom, I just saw your blog (via Susan Mernit). I noticed that there is no mention (yet) of “lite”…