… from blogging, but if you need some inspiration, check out Calipidder’s pictures of her week on the John Muir Trail.
John Muir Trail, Through-hiking
Getting out on the trail
by tmangan • August 17, 2006 • 0 Comments
From the Fresno Bee’s John Muir Trail blog: As we start out, I feel more like I’m herded than hiking. I’m dejected and lonely and thinking about the people who say I shouldn’t be out here. And how my very…
Backpacking
Deep woods coffee
by tmangan • August 17, 2006 • 6 Comments
National Parks Traveler says a quality cup o’ joe is now available in the backcountry, via a product that comes in little squeeze packages. At last week’s Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City I ran into the folks behind…
In the news
Doing your 730-billion-dollar duty
by tmangan • August 17, 2006 • 2 Comments
“If you’re concerned about the economic health of this country, go play,” he said. That’s from a story about the Outdoor Retailer summer show in Salt Lake City. More on the numbers: The $730 billion figure, he said, represents the…
Hiking
A blind man could do this
by tmangan • August 17, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s the proof: Tom Gryder is not your average hiker. Gryder is legally blind, and Friday he finished a six-day hike through Glacier National Park’s backcountry. With the help of Shadow, his guide dog of three years, along with a…
Gear
An extra-compact survival kit
by tmangan • August 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Field and Stream shows how to fit one into an Altoids tin. Link via Outdoor Hacks.
Wildlife
Bottled water bad for the little fishies
by tmangan • August 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s an interesting article about how spring-water companies have been trying to tap into the headwaters of springs in the Great Lakes Basin, and how local communities are fighting ’em tooth and nail. “It affects animal life, vegetation, wetlands, lakes…
Blogs
Fresno Bee’s JMT blog
by tmangan • August 16, 2006 • 0 Comments
The newspaper is tackling the John Muir Trail in four chunks, one of which has just been completed. The blog for the project is here. The folks back in the newsroom were hoping for regular updates but the folks on…
Photography
A few pictorial faves
by tmangan • August 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Those of you who’ve been following my weekly hikes at Busy Being Born couldn’t have helped wondering about what it was with me and all the dead trees. Well, I just like the looks of them. The other day my…