Stuff I missed over the past two days while I was shopping for gear (yeah, my new year’s resolution lasted a solid three weeks.). Treknologies points to chlorine-dioxide water-purification tablets from Katadyn, the filter company. Update: Jesse insists we check…
Blogs
Ryan Jordon has a blog
by tmangan • January 25, 2006 • 2 Comments
Jordan is the driving force behind backpackinglight.com. I never knew he had a blog till this morning’s link check turned up one from Cutter’s blog, linking to Jordan’s experiment with live blogging via satellite link from the Montana’s Bridger Range.…
If it’s Monday, there must be links
by tmangan • January 23, 2006 • 4 Comments
A round-up of the usual suspects: Gadling discovers the latest Nalgene wonder: a hip flask. Cutter laments the high price of romantic get-aways. Dan Mitchell met an interesting older man at the top of Mission Peak. Cyberhobo warms my heart…
Another blog about Yosemite
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 6 Comments
This one’s just getting warmed up (despite all the snow): Yosemiteexplorer.com. Has lots of promise if the guy can stick with it. I say that only because lots o’ blogs get off to a great start but peter off after…
Loads o’ links
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Let’s see what the RSS feed dragged in: Cutter found something amusing: spelling words via pictures posted at flickr.com. Must Be This Way tries on a backpack (he’s fond of the Gregory Z). Little Po’s leading an expedition to the…
Link check
by tmangan • January 19, 2006 • 0 Comments
Just a few this morning, gotta run to the dentist in a bit. Joe Miller of the Raleigh News & Observer has an outdoors blog that had just about dried up over the holidays, but he’s back in business now.…
Hey, give yourself some credit
by tmangan • January 18, 2006 • 6 Comments
Steve the WildeBeat guy posted a comment way back when I started this blog, noting how annoying it is when bloggers don’t share their names or other biographical details. I’m not so much annoyed as bemused by the notion that…
2 down, 38 to go
by tmangan • January 18, 2006 • 0 Comments
Cutter posted an account of his hike up Mount Kephart, one of 40 peaks in the South Beyond 6000 (that is, peaks in the Southern U.S. taller than 6,000 feet). I slowed and moved aside to let the hiker pass.…
This is cool: a bi-lingual blog
by tmangan • January 18, 2006 • 1 Comment
LittlePo.com is the work of a young woman from Taipei who’s into climbing, paddling and backpacking (now living in the northeastern U.S., I’m pretty sure). Her site has a link for switching between English and Chinese. Little Po’s real name…