Riverside is right up against some hot, dry hillsides; I’m guessing this won’t be the first So-Cal town to do this, particularly with the July 4 holiday coming up. “Our hillsides are volatile,” Wilson said. “I’d hate to burn people…
Trails
Hike Naked Day…
by tmangan • June 22, 2007 • 0 Comments
… was yesterday, thank the Lord: Hike Naked Day marks the summer solstice on the 2,000-plus mile trail and gives the boldest adventurers a chance to walk — not to mention scale boulders and gain summits — on the wild…
Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
Purisima Creek column posted
by tmangan • June 21, 2007 • 0 Comments
My latest column at the paper is here.
Blogs
Sorry for light posting of late
by tmangan • June 21, 2007 • 4 Comments
A couple of my alert readers have persuaded me it’s time to think about putting some ads on my pages. Since I pull about 150,000 page views a month across three distinct blogs, it seems like not adding ads is…
Mangan's memoirs
So, speaking of careers….
by tmangan • June 20, 2007 • 1 Comment
One of my LinkedIn contacts from last week said “looks like somebody’s looking for a job.” As recently as the day before yesterday I could be in denial and say “not really, I’m just considering all opportunities.” Yesterday the news…
Continental Divide Trail, Through-hiking
Up and down the Continental Divide
by tmangan • June 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Rocky Mountain News interviews Francis Tapon, who’s yo-yo-ing the CDT this year. What is your experience hiking through the CDT’s Colorado segment? The scenery is amazingly beautiful. The hike is rough. I hiked from Cumbres Pass in the San Juan…
In the news
Hiker news from the Fedak express
by tmangan • June 19, 2007 • 4 Comments
John is too polite to say “how hard is it to check a news feed, bucko?” but he sent along a few interesting news links: The first is about another hiker perishing after a fall from at the cables at…
Trails
Trail Angel proposal
by tmangan • June 18, 2007 • 4 Comments
I’d like to get a Trail Angel outing together for folks thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Most of the crowd is in the High Sierra north of Kennedy Meadows and should start trickling into Yosemite around the Fourth of July.…
Through-hiking
That blister really was killing her
by tmangan • June 17, 2007 • 2 Comments
Sandals recounts what happened before Manynames Tom found her lying alongside the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mojave Desert. About 7 pm, Manynames Tom came by and called Pete to let him know he was with me. Tom essentially spent…