Somebody hiking at one of my favorite parks was charged by a large cow on the trail there. I hike the same trails all the time — I’ve walked right through crowds of large bulls and had no trouble with…
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The lost art of finding your way
by tmangan • December 2, 2005 • 1 Comment
From a Los Angeles Times article on orienteering: From GPS to MapQuest and the most common way-finding device today, the cellphone, technology has made the world safe for the directionally challenged but at the cost of dwindling geographical awareness. “I…
A couple gift ideas
by tmangan • December 1, 2005 • 0 Comments
Simplehiker notes a great deal on a Garmin GPS (though, as we all know, taking a GPS along sorta takes some of the simplicity out of the hike; but it’s still a cool toy). OutdoorsScotland compares a couple kinds of…
From the mail
by tmangan • November 30, 2005 • 0 Comments
Got this e-mail from John Fedak last night: Stumbled across your blog this past weekend and found it quite a great resource. Keep up the good work! Here’s some more links that may be of interest to you. Ventana Wilderness…
Starry, starry night…
by tmangan • November 29, 2005 • 1 Comment
L.A. Times has an interesting piece on night hikes. From Griffith Park to Irvine to the Westside, cadres of hikers answer a call to hike these dark wilderness areas most nights of the week. They pound out tough miles in…
For the hiker on your Christmas list
by tmangan • November 26, 2005 • 0 Comments
Simplehiker has a raft of gift ideas. (As a member of the editing profession I must warn you that Simplehiker is a bit lax in the spelling department now and again, but the tips are swell).
Warm up your snowshoes
by tmangan • November 21, 2005 • 0 Comments
Here’s a bunch of snowshoeing tips from backpacking.net. One of the things that I like best about snowshoeing is that snowshoes are highly maneuverable, allowing me to go places where cross-country skiers and snowmobilers cannot go. I easily travel through…
Check out the Wandering Knight>
by tmangan • November 21, 2005 • 1 Comment
Here’s a site I’ve somehow missed before: Wandering Knight, by hard-core hiker Kenneth Knight, production editor at BackpackingLight.com. He’s got years worth of trail reports and accumulated knowledge. If you’re into camping, check out his page on reducing pack weight..…
For all you adventure hikers
by tmangan • November 18, 2005 • 0 Comments
Bootsnall.com is a must-see. Here’s a link to the site’s trekking page.