There seems to be a fundamental force of nature which requires that on the day you forget to take your camera along, the skies will be an impossible canvas of California blue, the clouds decorating these skies will billow in…
Wildlife
Saving ourselves
by tmangan • May 28, 2006 • 3 Comments
On hikes I’ve seen wild cats and wild pigs, golden eagles and turkey vultures, stinking skunks and hissing serpents. Wild animals are interesting enough, but what really amazes me is the more basic survival drama evident in a flower or…
Wildlife
This is way cool
by tmangan • May 26, 2006 • 0 Comments
Rattlesnake Wrestling!
Fitness
Getting fit for the trail
by tmangan • May 26, 2006 • 4 Comments
Here’s a nice intro to getting your legs ready for hiking. Last spring I did a bunch of training hikes with 40 pounds of dead weight in a monster backpack. One thing I figured out was that the more you…
Backpacking
Ryan Jordan’s Arctic 1000
by tmangan • May 25, 2006 • 9 Comments
Ryan Jordan of Backpackinglight.com fame has rolled out a new blog for his 1000-kilometer traverse of remote Arctic tundra. The objectives are simple: Walk. Eat. Rest. With an emphasis on the first two. Ultralight gear is not a chosen style…
In the news
Aspen Times reports mountain lion sighting
by tmangan • May 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
Unfortunately, no trendy rich people were eaten. (This link brought to you by the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson).
Trails
Another Utah trek
by tmangan • May 24, 2006 • 0 Comments
UT Outdoors blog profiles the not-so-miserable Misery Canyon: The approach canyon started the day off right. Tall cliffs through a deep open canyon covered with all types of vegetation. The contrast of green tress and bushes in front of soaring…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
A PCT dispatch
by tmangan • May 23, 2006 • 3 Comments
Jen and Juice, at mile 277 on the Pacific Crest Trail: What a night it was. I slept fairly soundly, Jenny on the other hand, was up most of the night conviced that the next huge gust was going to…
Tom's travels
I’m so there
by tmangan • May 23, 2006 • 1 Comment
What to see in southern Utah: After lunch, we head to Bryce Canyon National Park for a hike among the hoodoos – those bizarre, pointy rocks formed by erosion that spike up into the cloudless blue Utah sky. Trails twist…