I”ve been meaning to post a link to one of the ever-informative threads at Sgt. Rock’s Hiking HQ (where tree-huggers and survivalists live in harmony w/nature, so long as nobody starts talking politics); well, I saw one of those links…
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Pampering your feet
by tmangan • October 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
Courtesy of GORP, Ten Steps to Happy Feet. Here’s one you learn only after you’ve put some 12-milers in: Manage Your Toenails: Socks will catch on nails that are too long or that have rough edges, putting pressure on the…
Gettin’ religion on the trail
by tmangan • October 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
You know how they say there are no atheists in foxholes? Here’s a corollary from a story about a guy who hiked the full length of the Appalacian Trail: Townsend said he nearly lost his life the first day in…
Need a daypack?
by tmangan • October 28, 2005 • 0 Comments
Check out this thread at backpacking.net. My daypack is the Dana Design Tatoosh 15, which is absurdly overpriced but built tough as achor rope. Actually, I’d encourage buying cheap stuff that wears out quickly so you don’t have to wait…
Let’s talk hiking
by tmangan • October 27, 2005 • 44 Comments
Note to hikers, bloggers, readers, etc: It’s been six years since the last post at Two-Heel Drive, so it’s safe to say things are on hold around here permanently. I updated this blog regularly for more than six years, and…
Call me a galley slave
by tmangan • June 12, 2005 • 0 Comments
No hikes or camp-outs of note this weekend. For the past month or so I’ve been doing a couple training hikes a week with 40 pounds in the backpack and I keep thinking there’ll be some time when it doesn’t…
Das Boot, a war story
by tmangan • March 20, 2005 • 2 Comments
Nothing but one rainy day after another lately, which has washed away my urge to spend hours on the trail finding pretty pictures to post here. But I have scored one private victory of late that seems worth gabbing about.…
Decisions, decisions
by tmangan • February 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Settling on a piece of gear is an untrivial decision. Dozens of manufacturers of shoes, tents, clothing, sleeping bags, backpacks, etc. sell a mind-numbing array of stuff. In the grand scheme of things it’s pretty cool to know that the…
Where I get this stuff
by tmangan • February 7, 2005 • 1 Comment
Now that I’ve listed my gear, I may as well tell where I found it. Just about everything worth having is available online, but it helps to see stuff in the store. Anything requiring an exact fit — shoes and…