Alert reader Jeremiah Kemper pointed me to Ben and Lauren’s 2007 Adventure. Their latest post is from Erwin, Tennessee (mile 338.7), so there’s lots more hiking — and, more importantly, blogging — to go as they travel north. I found…
Backpacking
Links and comments about backpacking, camping and long distance hiking at Two-Heel Drive
20 tips for taking kids backpacking
by tmangan • May 24, 2007 • 2 Comments
Tahoe World interviews the author of “Monsters in the Woods.” Choice snippets: 14. Be a parent, not a wimp. Be positive and supportive of your child. Deal with the situation and move on. Kids look to you for strength and…
Rolling Thunder on trail conversations
by tmangan • May 24, 2007 • 0 Comments
He says Great Debates powered his hike up the PCT last year. In Big Bear, for example, TG and I hiked an unnecessary four miles because our conversation about The Myth of the Californian Pool Boy meant we missed a…
The funk test
by tmangan • May 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
Zero day musings from PCT’er Cloudspotter, during a stop in Big Bear last week: The Top 10 Ways To Tell If It’s Time To Do Laundry 10. When you take off your clothes, they retain your body shape. 9. The…
Canadian’s backpacking-light blog
by tmangan • May 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
For those who missed Rick’s post the other day, here’s a blog by Matt in British Columbia devoted to reducing pack weight. He sides with the pro-down faction on sleeping bags, and the most recent post has some handy suggestions:…
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 16, 2007 • 0 Comments
Cloudspotter, at mile 212. From behind me, I heard a voice, “Where do you need to go?” I tried to smile in order to hide the deer-in-the-headlights feeling that coursed through my veins. “We’re trying to get a ride back…
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
Ladybug, nearing the Mojave. When I hiked on, the Sonoran Zone became even more evident. The Mojave desert is not far away. The views were spectacular today as I descended to the North Fork Ranger Station. I met Todd and…
Loaded for beer
by tmangan • May 14, 2007 • 0 Comments
Russ at Trailcraft shows how it’s done.
Trout Underground’s camp-out
by tmangan • May 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Ol’ Tom got some backpacking in somewhere in Appalachia. I also stumbled across a snake that Ian later said was harmless, though I reminded him that I could have jumped back in fear, fallen and hit my head. Appears the…