Dirt Diva, a class of 2006 Appalachian Trail hiker, posts her final entries, which include many fine images from the three seasons she encountered. Her comments on summer sound more like a warning: Summer seemed to last forever. The spring…
Hiking
What you get when you Google “hiker trash”
by tmangan • November 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Second on the list is the site of Paul “Mags” Magnanti, who just this month finished the Continental Divide Trail. His site has reams of hiking info, and tons of pictures from his travels, which are many. Bonus: he has…
Photography
Pluses and minuses of DSLRs
by tmangan • November 16, 2006 • 3 Comments
A DSLR is a digital single-lens reflex camera, which is the big, bulky brother of the compact point-and-shoots favored by the digital masses. DSLRs are capable of taking far better pictures than point-and-shoots because they have bigger and better sensors,…
Tom's travels
UPDATE: Turkey Day Mini-Meetup at Mission Peak
by tmangan • November 14, 2006 • 11 Comments
CHANGE O’ PLANS: Dan Mitchell wants to do this at dawn to catch the sunrise from the top of the peak. This would require a 5:30 a.m. launch from the trailhead to get up to the top at 6:55. There…
Gear
Thoughts on camping under a tarp
by tmangan • November 14, 2006 • 3 Comments
Paul Davis of Hike-Lite blog has more aesthetic than weight-shaving reasons for tarping: On a perfect night a tarp provides the user with an incomparable sense of connection with the outdoors. Waking up to a sunrise under a tarp is…
In the news
Passing of a hiker’s hiker
by tmangan • November 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
Washington Trail Association blog writes about guidebook author and conservationist Harvey Manning, who died over the weekend. His style could be abrasive, but his tenacity and his insistence that hikers become active conservationists led to many lands in Washington being…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
Funnybone’s advice for PCT wannabes
by tmangan • November 14, 2006 • 1 Comment
His Pacific Crest Trail adventure complete, Chuckie V. dispenses bits of wisdom. Hike your own hike. Basic advice here. Anybody who tells you this more than once really means “Hike your own hike MY WAY.” Ignore them; they’re imbeciles. Gear…
Blogs
Lots o’ Hong Kong hikes
by tmangan • November 13, 2006 • 1 Comment
Techotek! belongs to a guy in Hong Kong who has tramped all over the hills nearby. I’m posting this one for LittlePo because I know she can read the Chinese posts. Techotek’s hiking pix are here.
Blogs
Blogging with Flickr
by tmangan • November 13, 2006 • 3 Comments
I post tons of pix over on my main homepage, and up until recently I would studiously crop and resize each picture for upload to my hosted domain. Even with the pictures optimized for minimum byte usage, eventually they’ll fill…