We didn’t exactly get a crush of replies to the request for places to take a pooch backpacking. (Well, it’s August, maybe everybody’s out camping in the High Sierra. I know Rebecca at Calipidder.com is hiking the John Muir Trail.)…
Backpacking
Links and comments about backpacking, camping and long distance hiking at Two-Heel Drive
Where to go backpacking with dogs
by tmangan • August 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
A reader writes to ask for recommendations on 20- to 30-mile backpacking trips within a 90-minute drive of Sausalito. I immediately thought of Cache Creek Wildlife Area near Clear Lake, where I went on a dog-friendly outing with some folks…
Backpacking the Santa Cruz Mountains
by tmangan • July 6, 2007 • 2 Comments
My recent hikes at Sanborn Skyline County Park, which has a nice walk-in campground about three miles from Skyline Boulevard, made me wonder if there might be a lot more overnighting possibilities that people might’ve overlooked. Tom Taber’s “Santa Cruz…
What sleeping in the outdoors is like
by tmangan • June 26, 2007 • 3 Comments
A writer for the Rocky Mountain News recounts an overnighter gone wrong in just about every way possible. 4 a.m.: I’ve looked at my watch six times by now, waking every hour or so to lie there, cold, slightly damp,…
Calipidder in Yosemite
by tmangan • June 25, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rebecca did an overnighter at 10 Lakes Basin in Yosemite. The place is heaven for shutterbugs, no doubt about it. I keep thinking I’m going to work up the energy to head up to the mountains for a weekender or…
Catra’s not giving up
by tmangan • June 22, 2007 • 0 Comments
The many-tattooed, multiply-pierced PCT thru-hiker concedes she won’t break the speed record she was shooting for, but she’s still down for the whole 2600 miles: I talked to Tattoo Joe and we both know we won’t be able to get…
Up and down the Continental Divide
by tmangan • June 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rocky Mountain News interviews Francis Tapon, who’s yo-yo-ing the CDT this year. What is your experience hiking through the CDT’s Colorado segment? The scenery is amazingly beautiful. The hike is rough. I hiked from Cumbres Pass in the San Juan…
That blister really was killing her
by tmangan • June 17, 2007 • 2 Comments
Sandals recounts what happened before Manynames Tom found her lying alongside the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mojave Desert. About 7 pm, Manynames Tom came by and called Pete to let him know he was with me. Tom essentially spent…
A Sandals update
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Her husband posted this on her PCT trail journal: Those of you following Gesh’s or Manynames Tom’s journals may have learned that Sandals became quite ill on the trail on Sunday evening, and had to be evacuated on Monday morning.…