Winter Warlock delivers a broadside, after reflecting on his childhood of camping, canoeing and backpacking compared to the feeble offerings of his boy’s Cub Scout troop. My best camping recollection from those days was always the January campout — in…
Hikes of the world
Going international
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
Three links of interest that are beyond U.S. borders: Bastish has more words and pix from his Japanese mountain treks. Walking the Wall rings in China’s Year of the Pig. Andy Howell has more on those excellent French mountains.
Photography
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Fernkloof night hiking,” from the photo stream of pjvrey. Locale is Fernkloof Nature Preserve, Magaliesberg, South Africa.
Wildlife
Yellowstone haunted?
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
National Parks Traveler reports; you decide: There are certainly stories that won’t die — eerie tales of macabre hauntings, such as the bride who stalks the upper reaches of the Old Faithful Inn with her head firmly tucked under her…
Wildlife
Stienstra on the mountain lion menace
by tmangan • February 28, 2007 • 0 Comments
It’s not what they do to people, it’s what they do to all the other prey species: My wife, Stephani, and I have tried to manage our ranch in Northern California as a wildlife preserve. We have protected or help…
Photography
Flickr hiking pic of the day
by tmangan • February 27, 2007 • 7 Comments
“Heatherbrook Canyon,” from the photo stream of mineral2. Caption: “This waterfall was at our drop-in point. During previous excursions into the canyon, this waterfall didn’t exist, so its one of many that only appear after a heavy rain.” Locale is…
Appalachian Trail, Through-hiking
Habitual Hiker profiled
by tmangan • February 27, 2007 • 0 Comments
Leonard M. Adkins is about to begin his fifth thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. The Charleston, W.Va., Daily Mail has a nice profile. It’s his wife’s fourth time, and his dog’s second. He made it 900 miles on the first…
Blogs
Commenters Hall of Fame
by tmangan • February 27, 2007 • 8 Comments
Yesterday I noticed Movable Type has a function that allows searching of individual commenters’ posts, but it also has a side benefit of telling how many posts have been entered under that same name. So, just for the pure unadulterated…
Appalachian Trail, Through-hiking
Another thru-hiker fundraiser
by tmangan • February 26, 2007 • 0 Comments
From a recent Akron Beacon-Journal report: Josh Wengerd is taking steps — millions of them, in fact — to raise awareness about a Stark County group that helps people who can’t afford their prescription medicines. Starting next month, the 23-year-old…