In an article on distance junkies, Florida Today mentions Ed Eberhart of Titusville, who’s been hiking up a storm since retiring in 1998. The 68-year-old who goes by the trail name of Nimblewill Nomad has walked 17,000 miles since 1998.…
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Great Wall, great walk
by tmangan • December 18, 2006 • 0 Comments
For those who missed this link at Best Hikes last week, Walking the Wall is an amazing account of a couple hiking along the route of China’s Great Wall. One of the great things about this site is that the…
Avalanche video
by tmangan • December 15, 2006 • 1 Comment
Backcountry Blog links to a video showing how to use a shovel to determine snow stability. I realize this will require you to venture out into actual snow to test it out.
Sending some nuttiness your way
by tmangan • December 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
Sara Lefton, creator of the Jewish Fashion Conspiracy (source of the famous “Yo Semite” T-shirt and other examples of sassy underwear), shares this link for a fun gift basket she designed: A Nalgene bottle with three kinds of trailmix. Sounds…
Andy Howell in the Pyrenees
by tmangan • December 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Andy has an excellent writeup from a trek through the French high country. He describes meeting a French hiker along the way: He greeted me in a hearty way. Wasn’t the view wonderful? These are my mountains. He told me…
The guides of Kilimanjaro
by tmangan • December 12, 2006 • 1 Comment
Outdoorzy.com co-founder Wade describes his Kilimanjaro ascent, with an aside about how much to tip guides, porters, etc.: I’ve read some horror stories about tipping guides and porters. Also read that some of them turn around and sell all the…
For the DIY crowd
by tmangan • December 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m sure I’ve linked to this site before, but what the heck: Jason Klass has an excellent bunch of pages devoted to making new gear and tweaking the stuff you’ve already got. One handy idea: An alcohol stove for hot…
Intro to canyoneering
by tmangan • December 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
Backcountryblog has an extensive introduction to canyoneering: what it means, where to go, how to get trained and most importantly — how talk about it online. I’m a bit too claustrophobic for the squeeze-between-the-rocks antics required of canyoneering but I…
Walking an ocean of sand
by tmangan • December 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
Another Paula Constant-walks-the-Sahara link: But, oh, the desert was so beautiful. No matter how tough dune walking is, or how hard it is to find good feed for the camels, I doubt I could ever tire of cresting one of…