LIttle Po has a bunch of excellent tips on avoiding nastiness in the foot regions. A highlight: Prepare two pairs of socks and rotate them. If your feet tend to sweat a lot or you are hiking in on an…
Trails
Joy vs. Dread on the AT
by tmangan • May 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
From the Georgia to Main blog, kept by a thruhiker named Dirt Diva, somewhere in Virginia: Examples of sensations that bring dread: (1) the smell of damp, dirty socks in the morning (putting them on is a must no matter…
In the news
Profile of hiker lost on the PCT last year
by tmangan • May 12, 2006 • 4 Comments
The Washington Post has an excellent, in-depth account of a story that broke over the weekend, when two people got lost in the Southern California wilderness and stumbled upon the last campsite of John Donovan, a 60-year-old Pacific Crest thruhiker…
Trails
New York Times discovers Damascus, Va.
by tmangan • May 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
Pretty soon they’re gonna be calling it Trail-A-Palooza. From May 19 to 21, Damascus will stage what has become probably the largest single gathering of hikers anywhere: an annual festival called Trail Days. Last year, despite a steady rain, an…
American Discovery Trail, Through-hiking
Hiking East St. Louis
by tmangan • May 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bobby & Poot, at mile 1655 of the American Discovery Trail Then our ADT turn-by-turn told us to follow the levees into E. St. Louis. So that’s just what we did. Now, we were warned of the dangers that lurk…
Gear
Daddy’s got some new brand new shoes
by tmangan • May 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m breaking in a new pair of the Salomon XA Pro 3D trail runners I picked up over the weekend. My feet don’t really enjoy hiking in running shoes, whether they’re made for the trail or not. They simply adore…
Gear
Rugged digicams
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 3 Comments
Gear Guy suggests a few that might survive a mild beating. My el-cheapo Canon A510 is tougher than I figured it’d be: I dropped it on a rock in a dry riverbed a few weeks back and it’s still shooting…
Trails
Ouch!
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 2 Comments
John Fedak busted an ankle in Yosemite over the weekend. I was heading up towards Vernal Falls in the late morning after having scrambled up to Sierra Point earlier in the day. The usual water fountain near the bridge wasn’t…
Blogs
Somewhere in the middle of Montana
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 1 Comment
The Dude took some fine pictures while hiking near Bozeman. Includes real live buffalo sightings, but no grizzly bears.