Now that I’ve discovered the RSS feed to Tom Stienstra’s outdoors columns it looks like I’ll have to post to all of them. His latest tells searchers how to find folks who’ve lost their way. Recreate victim’s thoughts: Many people…
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Another GPS-plus-Google Maps site
by tmangan • November 24, 2006 • 1 Comment
Tech digest interviews the guy in charge of everytrail.com A big trend that could fuel Everytrail’s growth is the spread of GPS into a wider range of devices, particularly mobile phones. This is partly because users will be able to…
Avalanche-safety course discount
by tmangan • November 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Backcountry.com is offering a deal on its avalanche-safety course Backcountry.com has teamed up with the American Avalanche Institute to offer any Backcountry.com customer 20% off a Level I or Level II avalanche course this winter. Since 1974 the American Avalanche…
Fun with camels
by tmangan • November 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Paula Constant’s latest chapter in her trans-Sahara trek is a rather long and involved tale of wandering camels, an incompetent guide, and the wisdom of the desert’s elders. It’s crazy for a while there but has a happy ending.
The gearhead test
by tmangan • November 20, 2006 • 1 Comment
Sharon Allen, Class of 2007 Pacific Crest Trail hopeful, has the answer: But how do you know if you are Gearhead? It doesn’t have to be the BEST gear, you just have to love it as though it is. I…
Looking for lost planes
by tmangan • November 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Following up on a hike Calipidder did a couple weeks back, I hiked up the Monument Peak Trail on Saturday (words & pix here) to see if I could find any remnants of a fighter jet that crashed there 55…
What you get when you Google “hiker trash”
by tmangan • November 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Second on the list is the site of Paul “Mags” Magnanti, who just this month finished the Continental Divide Trail. His site has reams of hiking info, and tons of pictures from his travels, which are many. Bonus: he has…
Thoughts on camping under a tarp
by tmangan • November 14, 2006 • 3 Comments
Paul Davis of Hike-Lite blog has more aesthetic than weight-shaving reasons for tarping: On a perfect night a tarp provides the user with an incomparable sense of connection with the outdoors. Waking up to a sunrise under a tarp is…
What’s the worst jam you’ve ever been in?
by tmangan • November 10, 2006 • 7 Comments
This story about two backpackers whose overnighter into Olympic National Park turned into five days wandering lost in the woods made me wonder if others had similar stories, or worse. So fess up: click on “add your feedback” and tell…