Yesterday I received an e-mail asking me to apply for Patagonia’s affiliate program, which would offer a 7 percent commission for every item sold from a link on my blog. I can’t imagine I’ve got enough readers to make it…
Blogs
What’s up on the hiking blogs
by tmangan • February 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
Calipidder has an OR wrap-up. “Several companies were offering incentives to participate in the carbon neutrality project. By donating the $12, I got a new pair of Hi-Tec boots, the V-Lite Quick Zips. These are incredibly lightweight mid-height hikers. In…
Let’s have a few links
by tmangan • January 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
I missed dozens of good links last week while vacationing, but I’m back on duty now. Among the highlights: “My room looks like a hiker exploded in it,” 2007 PCT thru-hiker Stephanie says. Speaking of the long trails, As the…
Links? We got your links right here
by tmangan • January 17, 2007 • 1 Comment
From the Blogs Gambolin Man, host of the upcoming Groundhog Day Invitational, describes a day at Briones Regional Park and Reservoir. He saw a mountain lion once, a few years back: “The big cat paces, sniffs some more, appears to…
Box o’ links
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Quite a bit happening on folks’ blogs. The highlights: GoBlog links to news that Mount Ranier is going to be unavailable for a long time, thanks to the November floods. (Posted for the 12 of you unaware of this news,…
Smoky Mountains blog
by tmangan • January 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Happened upon this blog for the Smoky Mountains National Park. Has regular updates on trail closings and other news from the park. Latest link is to a day-hiker’s guide to the park’s trails.
Recent hike reports
by tmangan • January 8, 2007 • 1 Comment
Just call him Fed-ex: Fedak hiked 14 hours in the Ventana Wilderness the other day. (Sounds like that ankle is healed up just fine). Trailcraft got some cool pix at Idaho’s Bruneau Dunes State Park. (Who knew Idaho had sand…
Further evidence of Google’s plan for global domination
by tmangan • January 5, 2007 • 5 Comments
I’m speaking of the Google Reader, which I’ve been fiddling with all morning after giving up on Bloglines for the last time. I had been using a Firefox plugin called Sage for all my RSS feeds, but it quit working…
National Parks Traveler gets a plug
by tmangan • January 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Kurt was one of the bloggers checking out the faulty claims that the Parks Service wasn’t letting its employees reveal the “true age” of the Grand Canyon. Today he earned an atta-boy from Daily Kos, the heaviest of the heavyweight…