Stephen Regenold on what keeps him satiated on a mountainside: Lately, I’ve become more scientific about adventure eating, reading nutrition labels, counting calories and divvying food up in baggies for per-hour and per-diem ratios. For big adventures, including overnight mountain…
Blogs
Fedak’s at it again
by tmangan • July 25, 2006 • 2 Comments
Eleven weeks after busting his right ankle in fine fashion at Yosemite, John Fedak took his first hike over the weekend. Eight miles in hundred-degree heat on the first trip out, that’s the kinda hiker he is.
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
The bear went thataway
by tmangan • July 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
From BlackHole & Guac’s Pacific Crest Trail journal, at mile 1050.8: In the afternoon I spotted a big, cinnamon colored bear near a small creek (King’s Creek, I think). BlackHole and I watched him eat, about 200 feet away. We…
Big Basin Redwoods
Working on my technique
by tmangan • July 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
"Lift your feet higher," the voice behind me says. "Lean back a little, balance your weight, and relax." For the first time in two years of hiking, I have a coach. His name is Shiguo, which sounds a lot like…
In the news
Three dead hikers
by tmangan • July 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
I hate linking to these stories, mostly because the only time hikers’ names appear in the news is when they get lost or killed, or when their obituaries mention their outdoor proclivities.
Wildlife
The most addictive thing since
the invention of the Crackberry
by tmangan • July 20, 2006 • 0 Comments
It’s LIVE GRIZZLY CAM!
Wildlife
How about them bugs?
by tmangan • July 19, 2006 • 1 Comment
GoBlog and National Parks Traveler weigh in on the subject of what attracts mosquitoes to people. GoBlog notes that resarchers are just beginning to study genetic factors that might explain why some people attract mosquitoes like pilgrims to Mecca and…
In the news
Careful what you read in the paper
by tmangan • July 19, 2006 • 1 Comment
From an item in the Washington Post a couple weeks back, noting how national parks attendance is down because people are too busy with videogames, DVDs and, ahem, the Internet. Pergams and Zaradic even coined a term for this increased…
Hiking
Hiking on a ski slope
by tmangan • July 18, 2006 • 5 Comments
No self-respecting reader of this blog would ever stoop to visiting a ski area, trudging to the top of one of the runs, and riding the gondola back down, right? We have to be snobs about something, after all.