“Condoriri,” from the photo stream of JungleNomad. Jungle Nomad’s description: Campesina and llamas with Condoriri above, in Cordillera Real, Bolivia. He also has many of his Andean treks posted at myoutdoors.net under the user name “Poz.”
Tom's travels
Next hiking meet-up: Las Trampas Feb. 3
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 3 Comments
Gambolin Man will be the guest of honor/bullseye of blame at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near San Ramon on Saturday, Feb. 3. For now, let’s make the start time 10 a.m. Weather will be the wild card. There’s no point…
Hiking
Hiking HQ has an RSS feed
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 1 Comment
I just learned the other day that Sgt. Rock has installed an RSS feed at his Hiking HQ. It updates every time somebody creates a new thread. I was particularly fond of “everything I need to know about outdoor activities…
Blogs
Box o’ links
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Quite a bit happening on folks’ blogs. The highlights: GoBlog links to news that Mount Ranier is going to be unavailable for a long time, thanks to the November floods. (Posted for the 12 of you unaware of this news,…
Photography
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Follow the footprints, originally uploaded by Mark Griffith. “Follow the footprints” from the photo stream of Mark Griffith. Locale is the Kendall Peak Lakes Trail near Snoqualmie, Washington state.
Photography
Flickr pic o’ the day
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
talus 23, originally uploaded by shutterborg. “Talus 23” from the photo stream of Shutterborg. Locale is Anawangin, Zambales, the Philippines.
Backpacking
Ultra-lighting the Ice Box
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Andrew Skurka’s latest adventure is across the frozen wastes of northern Minnesota. Base pack weight: 16 pounds. Gear list is here — it’s heavy on the Go-Lite, his sponsor/employer. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the ever-present issue…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
Ruined by the PCT
by tmangan • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Seems like only yesterday I posted a note about PCT Class o 2006 veteran Haiku; last night I found this at Trail Journals from Treehugger, who hiked with Haiku for 2000 miles last summer: I am happier than I have…
Fitness
Working off the holiday fat
by tmangan • January 9, 2007 • 2 Comments
The Daily Record in the UK has a straightforward plan: cut your food intake and up your physical activity to burn an extra 500 calories a day, and you’ll lose a pound in a week. Keep it up and you’re…