So here’s the setup: A guy’s out backpacking with two friends. They’re walking along a pair of railroad tracks when they see an oncoming Amtrak train. They wisely step out of the way of the oncoming train and continue on…
In the news
Well, that’s one way to get out of work
by tmangan • September 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
This gem just came in over the wires: DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Authorities who spent five days searching for a Marine after a friend reported him lost in a hiking accident have arrested the friend and said Thursday they believe…
Doing your 730-billion-dollar duty
by tmangan • August 17, 2006 • 2 Comments
“If you’re concerned about the economic health of this country, go play,” he said. That’s from a story about the Outdoor Retailer summer show in Salt Lake City. More on the numbers: The $730 billion figure, he said, represents the…
The “motoring” public
by tmangan • August 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s an article from a Aspen weekly about folks who own motorized toys like motorcycles and four-wheelers bemoaning the lack of trails in national forests. Environmentalists and some hikers and mountain bikers want larger sections of non-wilderness lands closed to…
Three dead hikers
by tmangan • July 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
I hate linking to these stories, mostly because the only time hikers’ names appear in the news is when they get lost or killed, or when their obituaries mention their outdoor proclivities.
Careful what you read in the paper
by tmangan • July 19, 2006 • 1 Comment
From an item in the Washington Post a couple weeks back, noting how national parks attendance is down because people are too busy with videogames, DVDs and, ahem, the Internet. Pergams and Zaradic even coined a term for this increased…
I think he’d really rather have his hand back
by tmangan • July 18, 2006 • 6 Comments
Rocky Mountain News profiles Aron Ralston, whose path to fame and fortune involved cutting off a limb to save his fanny. Now he’s swimming in cash from speaking engagements, commercial endorsements, book royalties, etc. Ralston said the book advance exceeded…
Ryan Jordan’s Alaska adventure cut short
by tmangan • June 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
The BackpackingLight.com founder injured his foot and had to stop walking, but his two companions are continuing the Arctic1000 trek to the remotest point in the United States. There was a fair amount of consternation among commenters at Jordan’s blog…
Body found near PCT hiker’s last camp
by tmangan • June 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
Searchers believe they’ve found the body of John Donovan, who disappeared on the Pacific Crest Trail last year and whose remaining gear at his campsite helped two lost hikers survive long enough to get help. The discovery was made about…