From the Fresno Bee’s John Muir Trail blog: As we start out, I feel more like I’m herded than hiking. I’m dejected and lonely and thinking about the people who say I shouldn’t be out here. And how my very…
Through-hiking
Long-distance hiking on America’s National Scenic Trails.
On being good
by tmangan • August 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Redtail is a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker who was forced off the trail by knee issues. In the ample spare time he’s had since returning home, he’s amassed a list of thru-hiking rules. No. 5 is my fave: 5. Cultivate…
Newsies on the John Muir Trail
by tmangan • August 7, 2006 • 1 Comment
This is interesting: The Fresno Bee is sending four pairs of writers & photographers out on the John Muir Trail, whose southern terminus is down in the general direction of Fresno. How come? The trail, a north-south footpath completed in…
The bear went thataway
by tmangan • July 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
From BlackHole & Guac’s Pacific Crest Trail journal, at mile 1050.8: In the afternoon I spotted a big, cinnamon colored bear near a small creek (King’s Creek, I think). BlackHole and I watched him eat, about 200 feet away. We…
WildeBeat sighting
by tmangan • July 10, 2006 • 2 Comments
One of the Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers mentions bumping into Steve Sergeant and a friend at a resort along the trail: When I was checking out the bath-house I met WildeGeek and Patty who had just finshed a section of…
Bone-Pac finishes the AT
by tmangan • July 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’ve been so busy following Pacific Crest Trail hiker exploits that I neglected to check out the Trail Journal entries of a guy named Bone-Pac, who was one of the fastest hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Well, while I was…
Another Funnybone moment
by tmangan • July 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Chuckie V. again demonstrates why his Pacific Crest Trail journal is the most post-worthy of the bunch. Just a few days ago, I labored along Selden Pass’s lower slopes. A sort of no-man’s-land, this portion of the steep incline is…
What it means to be Yogi
by tmangan • June 22, 2006 • 1 Comment
PCT thru-hiker Funnybone tells how it’s done. To “yogi” is to ask for something—in this case, a ride down to Independence—without actually asking. I define yogi-ing as such: implying you could use help without inquiring for help. It goes like…
Latest hiking chatter
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Whole lotta hikin goin on out there. Highlights from this morning’s RSS feed check: Jason Lustig looks back fondly on his Appalachian Trail thru-hike of 2000. How do I put into words the beauty that I saw? I saw painted…