Gadling linked to USA-C2C.com, the site of a guy and his wife who are traveling to every national park and most national historic sites. Their site has rankings on amenities, scenic splendor, accessibility and other stuff of interest to tourist…
Blogs
Why Teddy Roosevelt was way cool
by tmangan • November 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
Happened across this quote attributed to him: “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the…
Blogs
Another Scoutmaster blog
by tmangan • November 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
A Scout’s Campfire is the blog of a 40-something former Eagle Scout who is now an assistant Scoutmaster in North Carolina. (Link via Scoutmaster). Yesterday the Campfire covered the ever-popular How Safe Is Backwoods Water? debate, and today’s entry links…
Hiking
Time and distance calculator
by tmangan • November 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Scoutmaster links to an excellent online tool to calculate how long it should take to finish your hike. The gadget at wotzwot.co.uk builds on the Naismith Rule, which is that the average pace is three miiles per hour, adding an…
Gear
More daily discount sites
by tmangan • October 31, 2006 • 2 Comments
Gear & Outdoor Industry Blog reports that Moosejaw and Altrec have gotten on the Deal of the Day bandwagon pioneered by steepandcheap.com. Scroll down to the RSS feeds for each site.
Hiking
Good for guys, too
by tmangan • October 31, 2006 • 1 Comment
Bella Online, "The Voice of Women," has a hiking and backpacking editor named Jill Florio, who recommends tossing a few emergency rations in her pack. My day hiking X-Rations are usually extra Luna Bars, a few packets of instant oatmeal…
Trails
High wind cause havoc at Great Smoky
by tmangan • October 31, 2006 • 0 Comments
National Parks Traveler reports on a storm that brought hurricane-force winds to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park: Winds topped out at 106 mph during the event back on October 16th and 17th. Park officials say the most significant structural…
Trails
Get thee to a military academy
by tmangan • October 31, 2006 • 0 Comments
You have to promise you’re not one of Osama’s henchmen before clicking on this link: The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs has opened up a bunch of trails closed to the public after the 9/11 attacks. Demand for trails…
Hikes of the world
Live from the Minami Alps
by tmangan • October 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bastish is having some fun backpacking in Japan: Just 20 meters up the trail, over a small hill, the screams continued and my mind raced to connect their chilling echo to something, anything, I have heard in the past –…