I noticed a Bostoner named Dave Greten had a link over this way so I figured I’d repay the favor. He summited Kilimanjaro last year. Here’s why: I’ve never liked the conventional reason people give when they are asked why…

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Idaho backpacker and patent attorney Rob Shaver has a fascinating blog mostly about cool inventions, but also about such things as building a winning Pinewood Derby racer and Harry Houdini’s Diving Suit. His backpacking adventures are here. A great place…

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Techotek blog links to an astoundingly huge English Mastiff. Looks like something from a ’50s monster flick: “The Dog that Ate Toledo” or some such.

From As the Crow Flies:

Andy Howell commemorates the Kinder Trespass, in which a group of working people staged a 1932 mass protest demanding their right to walk in the countryside. They walked on land belonging to an aristocrat who insisted five of them go…

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Jesse at Treknologies.com is back at it after taking a half-year off (this is what sane people do when they have, like, lives outside their blogs) and has an excellent guide for getting in shape. One of his tips: 3)…

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I just noticed that Dan Mitchell’s wife, an oboe player, has a blog. Dan sent her the link to yesterday’s post about the guy hiking the Appalachian Trail with his French Horn. Her conclusion: while oboe players are neurotic, horn…

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dropknees.com, … because he’s into telemark skiing. (oh, yeah, dan’s site.)

Happened across a neat blog the other day: a guy who unicycles and juggles on backcountry trails (no word on if he has Barnum blood in his genes). He’s in the midst of writing up his recent epic journey across…

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