No hikes this weekend, but the itch to blog must be scratched (hard to believe there’s any epidermis left after all these years, but I digress). Lately I’ve been seeing a burst of comments my hike posts, many from North…
Blogs
Gore-Tex advertising enters 21st century
by tom • November 1, 2009 • 2 Comments
Last week’s Gore-Tex blogger summit offers a compelling illustration of how advertising will happen in the years to come. Here’s what happened: GTX hosted 15 outdoor bloggers for a two-day pow wow designed to do two things: Burnish the company’s…
Best Carolina hiking blogs
by tom • October 20, 2009 • 4 Comments
Basically there’s Danny Bernstein’s This Hiking Life and all the rest. Danny (short for Danielle) posts live from the Smokies most days. It isn’t all elk sex in front of God and everyone, but it’s almost always about great places…
Great links from the hiking blogosphere
by tom • July 15, 2009 • 7 Comments
Folks have been posting up a storm lately (must be hiking season or something). Let’s take a look: Adam Paul is posting great pix and commentary from the Southern California high country desert — (hey, it’s not Joshua Tree’s fault…
Woo-hoo, We’re No. 2!
by tom • July 8, 2009 • 7 Comments
Tripbase.com is drumming up free publicity from link-hungry bloggers spreading the word about its series of awards for notable travel-related blogs. Two-Heel Drive ranks No. 2 in the walking-backpacking category, bested only by a guy attempting 36,000 miles, 4 continents,…
Fedak’s hiking out the recession
by tom • July 1, 2009 • 3 Comments
Peaks near Tahoe, Nov. 2008 I once asked Fedak what he did for a living; he replied in English, the words all recognizable, but I have no idea what the hell it was. But it was something in high-tech, where…
Where to take your autistic child hiking in the Bay Area
by tom • June 19, 2009 • 0 Comments
Shannon Des Roches Rocha, keeper of the excellent Squidalicious blog, has a son named Leo who is autistic, which means he a) doesn’t like crowds or noise; and b) has oodles of boyish energy that must be burned off productively.…
Quick note for RSS feed readers
by tom • June 14, 2009 • 5 Comments
I experimented last week with showing a short summary instead of full posts in my RSS feeds, but I’ve decided to bail on that approach and have restored the full view. Here’s how come:
What people bought last week
by tom • June 13, 2009 • 1 Comment
In case you’re curious: Lowepro Off Trail 1 Camera Bag — An interesting choice for hard-core hiking photographers. It’s a fanny pack that holds two big lenses and an SLR body. Last year’s item on camera bags and packs for…