The Bay Area of California gets six months of dry weather, and six months of rainy weather. It’s nothing like Seattle — I think our average rainfall at peak is about half of what it is up there. But still:…
Hiking
The Wikipedia’s entry on hiking
by tmangan • November 3, 2005 • 0 Comments
Lots of nifty details in this entry at Wikipedia.org, the online encyclopedia. Hiking’s the main thing I do outdoors — keeps the gear/complication costs down (what’s with bikes and all those sprockets, chain links and tires that go flat, anyway?)…
Don’t look down
by tmangan • November 2, 2005 • 1 Comment
Here’s an interesting thread on fear of heights at TrailForums. One extract: I had a hiking accident in November 2003, falling down a very steep section of trail on the AT in the Whites while solo hiking. I spent two…
On stillness
by tmangan • November 1, 2005 • 0 Comments
The only way to truly experience the wilderness is to stand still and start paying attention. Once you get moving you start missing stuff. No matter how much we imagine ourselves as being outdoors people, as long as we’re hiking…
Up a hill in Japan
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
An no, it’s not Mount Fuji. I have a weakness for anybody’s pictures and stories from Japan (must be all those Kurasawa movies); here’s a hike up Mount Hakusan by an Australian lass living & working in Japan. More on…
How’s this for a neighbor
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
Sandro in Seattle lives with walking distance of an REI. If that were me I’d just have my paycheck direct-deposited into an REI account.
Product denunciation of the day
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
The Get Outdoors blog has some sassy posters who get especially exercised about overpriced, overhyped gear. Here’s a remark about a new North Face coat with a rock-star sticker price: It’s also a shining example of product design in a…
Get your podcast on
by tmangan • October 30, 2005 • 0 Comments
I’ve been dragging my feet in getting in the podcasting craze, but I finally got a taste of it at trailcast.org, a site with podcasts that interview notable hikers. The most recent one is with Andrew Skurka, who hiked for…
The last post on bodily functions, I promise
by tmangan • October 30, 2005 • 0 Comments
Couldn’t help but post a link to this Backpacking Light discussion on pee bottles.