Those Our Hike gals are just outside of Lake Tahoe (4100-plus miles and counting!) and will be crossing the Sierra in a couple days — just in time for the light rains hitting the Bay Area today to turn into…
In the news
Getting lost vs. staying found
by tmangan • October 4, 2006 • 5 Comments
Rocky Mountain News reports on a mom, her daughter, two of her daughter’s friends and a Jack Russell terrier being found after they got lost and spent a snowy, sleety night in the Rockies near Aspen. Sure, hikers occasionally fall…
Blogs
Andy Howell’s blog relocated
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
The intrepid UK hiker has had to move his blog to http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/ after a nasty server crash that seems to have consumed the whole of his blog without so much as a burp. That reminds me, I think I’ll back…
In the news
In-depth account of Alaska rescue
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Anchorage Daily News has a rather longish piece on a dad and his son who were hunting mountain goats deep in the wilderness. The son suffered a nasty fall and the dad had to first keep him alive, and second…
Gear
Why thebackpacker.com’s Trail Talk is cool
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Because 50-plus responses happen when somebody asked “Why am I Obsesed with a Bivy Sack?” (misspellings left intact to preserve our Geek Cred).
Trails
Travels with Buddha
by tmangan • October 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
She’s this young woman traveling in China/Tibet/Bhutan who writes these breezily hilarious Trail Journals posts. Her soon to be hubby is named Zack. Their current travels are a hoot … check ’em out.
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
Walking the AT for wounded veterans
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
A couple of southbound Appalachian Trail hikers are U.S. Air Force veterans, one of whom was shot several times during a rescue mission overseas. Several surgeries later he’s in fine hiking form; he and his traveling partner created trailtorecovery.org to…
Blogs
Link payback
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
My server logs pointed out that a Washington state guy who’s into river rafting has linked over here. He calls his blog Tainted Ideals — it’s not all outdoors stuff but quite a bit of it is. Not hiking-related, I…
Joseph D. Grant County Park
Back in the hills nearby
by tmangan • October 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
Summer flew the coop while we were wandering around in southern Utah. The weather was cool all week; it was overcast all day Saturday and Sunday dawned much the same. The breeze felt like October, which was convenient, given that…