Tell It on the Mountain aims to document the Pacific Crest Trail Class of 2007 by sending a bunch of thru-hikers out on the trail with small video cameras to document their experiences. The synopsis: Who better to punctuate these…
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Walking the AT for wounded veterans
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
A couple of southbound Appalachian Trail hikers are U.S. Air Force veterans, one of whom was shot several times during a rescue mission overseas. Several surgeries later he’s in fine hiking form; he and his traveling partner created trailtorecovery.org to…
Not exactly a day off
by tmangan • September 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
A Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker named Moose recounts a busy town stop at Ashland, Oregon, The rest of the day was a frantic race. We dropped our stuff in the room and ran to the bus stop. Caught the bus…
More on the John Donovan story
by tmangan • September 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
Donovan was the guy who disappeared in a snowstorm on the Pacific Crest Trail in May of 2005; a year later a couple lost hikers found his campsite and used some matches in his pack to light a signal fire…
Planning your PCT thru-hike?
by tmangan • August 28, 2006 • 2 Comments
Backpacker magazine has a quickie guide. I found this part about starting in Canada and heading south interesting. A few hikers will begin in late June from Manning Provincial Park and hike southbound to Campo. Southbound hikers can still expect…
Well, this is cool
by tmangan • August 26, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bone Pac, the guy who was the first to finish the Appalachian Trail this season, has something trailworthy going on: Upon arriving home after the thru-hike I quickly submerged myself into to routine goings-ons of my pre-hike life (which I…
The world according to Funnybone
by tmangan • August 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
AKA Chuckie V, at mile 1595 of the Pacific Crest Trail: Things like this disturb me. How is someone supposed to afford to live in California? To me, it’s not a fair trade (and, in fact, a rather fatuous one)…
Just five more to go
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
Conductor, at Mile 2160.9 on the Appalachian Trail: In reality it’s just a climb, only five miles, over in mid afternoon. In our dreams it is the finale, the place we have hiked so far to reach. After all, it’s…
The family that backpacks together…
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 2 Comments
A correspondent from a small-town paper in Tennessee shares reflections of family members who spent five days on the Appalachian Trial in Maryland. It’s 6:30 and I am wrapping another layer of duct tape around my feet to keep my…