Here’s a primer at Summit Journal. Ever wonder why you’re still moist despite having shelled out extra money for Gore-Tex “breathable waterproof” stuff? It’s in there too. I’ve become extremely jaded about all these high-tech fabrics. Last weekend, when I…
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Marvelous night for a moondance
by tmangan • November 11, 2005 • 0 Comments
New York Times story on hiking by moonlight. Soon the moonlight was so bright that people and objects cast long shadows. The group moved out onto the snaking, moderately steep 2.5-mile Seven Bridges Trail. The trail’s wooden bridges passed over…
Do it in the desert
by tmangan • November 9, 2005 • 0 Comments
Quote of the day: It should come as no surprise to learn that the desert is a sunny, hot, dry, terrible place, unfit for humans, cows or golfers. From Todd’s Desert Hiking Guide, which is without question the best one-man…
Six Principles of Leave No Trace
by tmangan • November 8, 2005 • 0 Comments
Courtesy of Glacier National Park’s web site.
Off hiking today
by tmangan • November 6, 2005 • 0 Comments
For my upcoming birthday, my wife bought me a guided day hike at Tomales Point from this outfit called Absolute Adventures. With any luck I’ll see giant thule elk mating (or at least calling out for love. They call it…
Hut to hut hiking
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 3 Comments
A New York Times travel piece has several useful links. The Alps are said to have the best-maintained, most extensive hut system in the world. The Austrian National Tourist Office, at www.austria.info, (212) 944-6880, for example, can provide a free…
Lost in the wilds of Mexico
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 0 Comments
Much wilder than the guy expected, it turned out. The link is to a New York Times review of a book called “Trail of Feathers, Searching for Philip True,” by Robert Rivard. True was a reporter for the San Antonio…
All about undies
by tmangan • November 4, 2005 • 0 Comments
A thread at BackpackingLight on boxers vs. briefs. Something else I learned the hard hard way: regular old briefs ain’t made for walking long distances. They get all knotted up down there and end up chafing the hell out of…
The people you meet
by tmangan • November 4, 2005 • 0 Comments
A SierraTopix thread on people you meet on the trail. The first page of the first chapter of Hiking for Dummies, if such a book exists, you’re apt to find the standard advice: Don’t walk alone. And yet: everybody does…