From Poky, a guy planning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail this summer: I’m struck by the fact that when I was on the trail I was open to all interactions from people, but in traffic I am unhappy with…
Hiking
Thanks for thinking of me, but…
by tmangan • January 31, 2006 • 3 Comments
GoBlog sends another kindly link our way, this time in a post about wristwatch/gps/altimeter/computer that does everything but the breakfast dishes. Of course my gear lust is stoked till I catch the price: $498.59. Such watches operate under a complex…
One man’s innovation….
by tmangan • January 31, 2006 • 1 Comment
… is another guy’s nice try. So says Ryan Jordan of BackpackingLight.com in a piece he calls “State of the Market for Backpacking Gear: Innovation, Broken Promises, and Hope.” Ryan’s trying to be a call-’em-like-he-sees-’em guy in deflating just about…
What annoying hikers do
by tmangan • January 30, 2006 • 1 Comment
Here’s an impressive list at whiteblaze.net. A fave: Phony intellectuals, who try to impress others with their erudition, choice of reading matter, etc. Clue to someone being a jerk: If their trail name is that of a Great Western Philosopher,…
Sierra Trading Post hiking-tips site
by tmangan • January 27, 2006 • 0 Comments
This post is honor of the hundred bucks I saved buying gear from the Wyoming-based outdoors outlet. The retailer has partnered with a publisher of tips-related Web sites to amass a large trove of hiking tips. It even as a…
Follow the leader
by tmangan • January 27, 2006 • 1 Comment
Little Po, who is leading a winter-camping/peak-bagging mission to the Catskills this weekend, offers an indepth look at taking a group in to the woods. One of the questions she ask herself: how hard is the hike? The difficulty of…
The hikingest, picture-takingest guy
in Mountain View, California
by tmangan • January 26, 2006 • 1 Comment
That honor has to go to John Fedak, who has a Web site full of photo albums from hikes around the Bay Area and the Sierra. John sent me an e-mail yesterday with a link to an awesome online gadget…
How to make money in hiking
by tmangan • January 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
A man came home from a long business trip to find his young son riding a brand new bike. “Where did you get the money for that?” he asked. “It must have cost over 300 dollars!” “I earned it hiking,”…
Sole provisions
by tmangan • January 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
Occurs to me I haven’t talked about shoes too much, which is a fairly striking omission for a blog about hiking. Well, now I have an excuse: Rebecca of Calipidder.com fame has just finished a torture test on a pair…