From the bio page of a blogging Scoutmaster: I am a liberal card carrying member of the ACLU, a Buddhist and a stone cold Democrat. Most people would say that Scouting is not a likely fit for me, but I…
American Discovery Trail, Through-hiking
Another “Our Hike” update
by tmangan • October 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
From an e-mail that came in this morning regarding Robin Grapa and Patty Laatsch finishing their near-5,000 mile hike of the American Discovery Trail: They finished 8 months, 23 days and 5 hours after they started the journey at Cape…
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
A pleasant hike
by tmangan • October 29, 2006 • 0 Comments
This is the driest, sunniest autumn of the three I’ve spent trudging through the Bay Area hills. For three weeks running I’ve had perfect picture-taking weather and pleasant, breezy miles on the trails. I can’t imagine how much mud I’ll…
Blogs
Happy Birthday to Two-Heel Drive
by tmangan • October 28, 2006 • 9 Comments
Well, those Our Hike gals splashed in the waters of the Pacific Ocean yesterday, meaning they’ve completed their coast to coast hike of the American Discovery Trail. It was an auspicious date, coming on the one-year anniversary of the birth…
Tom's travels
Stuck in dial-up purgatory
by tmangan • October 27, 2006 • 2 Comments
.. having hookup woes at Two-Heel Drive World Headquarters, which gives me a perfect excuse to award myself a day off from blogging … be back Monday.
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
Rolling Thunder’s last update
by tmangan • October 26, 2006 • 0 Comments
The New Zealander is back on his job covering the news back home, but he has one last post summarizing what it’s all about to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from stem to stern in one season. Read the whole…
Gear
Another gear link
by tmangan • October 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
Erika Dillman of Fitness Travel Gear passed a link to her site along, and has added Two-Heel Drive to her links list. The site has reams of reviews of footwear, clothing and such. From a review of some snazzy Salomon…
Hiking
Latest hiking fiend update
by tmangan • October 25, 2006 • 2 Comments
John Fedak sent this link along from a guy who hiked 45 miles with 8,100-plus elevation gain in one day. An excerpt: After Madulce I headed for Samon. Along the way I filtered water at Chokecherry spring. It was 4:24pm…
In the news
Famed climber dies in fall at Yosemite
by tmangan • October 25, 2006 • 0 Comments
Todd Skinner fell 500 feet from the Leaning Tower. Todd Skinner was rappelling Monday after he and a partner worked on pioneering a new route near Bridalveil Fall, said Adrienne Freeman, a park spokeswoman. It was not immediately clear why…