Three links of interest that are beyond U.S. borders: Bastish has more words and pix from his Japanese mountain treks. Walking the Wall rings in China’s Year of the Pig. Andy Howell has more on those excellent French mountains.
Hiking
Give us water
by tmangan • February 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
It’s supposed to be waterfall season in the Bay Area, when constant rains produce gullly-washers that send the water roaring down the canyons. Hasn’t really worked out that way this year because we’ve gotten about half as much rain as…
Why avalanche education matters
by tmangan • February 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
Bob Berwyn at New West has a series of articles about keeping yourself alive amid sketchy snow. He describes a few backcountry-skiing incidents that stick in his mind because they darted around in the general vicinity of disaster, though he…
An ode to duct tape
by tmangan • February 14, 2007 • 1 Comment
The Citizen-Times of Asheville, N.C., profiles a book about backcountry repairs. The many wonders and uses of duct tape on the trail are extolled in a new pocket-size guidebook, “Don’t Forget the Duct Tape: Tips and Tricks for Repairing Outdoor…
Storing your inflatable pad
by tmangan • February 13, 2007 • 2 Comments
Leave it inflated, with the valve open, Gear Guy says. What we do at my house: stash ’em behind a door that stays open all the time and use a door stopper to keep them flush against the wall. Whatever…
Stop by Jeff Alt’s site
by tmangan • February 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
Jeff has hiked John Muir Trail and the Appalachian trail, raising money/awareness for good causes and putting in trail miles and bag nights that would put most of us to shame. Mind you he’s trying to make a go of…
Trail talk
by tmangan • February 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
A writer at The American Spectator describes his Wyoming hiking club. My favorite part: We have a joke in the club that says — based on that TV commercial promoting Las Vegas — that whatever is said on the trail,…
Southeast Hiking Festival
by tmangan • February 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
American Hiking Society’s Web site has the details: Great Southeastern Hiking Festival Conference (fee) May 3 – 6, 2007 Montreat Conference Center Montreat, North Carolina and Free Public Festival Saturday May 5 From 9 AM – 7 PM In Downtown…
Shoe review update
by tmangan • February 6, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Ah, yes, the corporate-slut shoes,” somebody said at the Groundhog Day Invitational when I mentioned I was testing a pair of Zamberlan trail shoes I received awhile back. On the odd chance that anybody still cares about this, I figured…