Yosemite Blog points to summer fun at the Yosemite Institute. Good news: they’re out of your hair for two weeks; bad news: You’ll have to find other ways to send ’em packing the rest of the summer.
Gear
Does a tent need a footprint?
by tmangan • May 8, 2006 • 2 Comments
Since I dumped on Outside Magazine’s Gear Guy last week, I may as well make up for it in response to a consumer-friendly response to a reader who wonders if there’s really any need to buy one of those special…
Trails
Hiking at Starved Rock State Park
by tmangan • May 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
A state park north of my hometown (Peoria, IL) is probably the first place I ever went on a hike. It’s called Starved Rock, so named because of a scrum between two warring Indian tribes that ended with one tribe…
Henry Coe State Park
Yet another Henry Coe hike
by tmangan • May 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
This week’s hike will only seem like a rerun. The pictures were all taken yesterday, but it has many things in common with previous hikes, primarily that it was at Henry Coe State Park (four weeks in a row; where…
In the news
Somebody call the ‘Bones’ crew
by tmangan • May 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Rocky Mountain News has an intriguing story of a body found in the woods and never identified: The skeleton was found at what appeared to have been the campsite for a well-provisioned sleep among the pines. The man died in…
Blogs
Sand classics
by tmangan • May 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
This is way, way cool: the world sand-sculpting championships. (link via Geared Up Blog).
In the news
Outside Online redesigned
by tmangan • May 5, 2006 • 0 Comments
The Web site of Outside magazine has had a much-needed update that has added five separate RSS feeds. This’ll come as great news to the folks at GoBlog, who now will be able to ridicule the magazine with much greater…
Backpacking
A few more thoughts on going light
by tmangan • May 3, 2006 • 3 Comments
I’ve had a couple days to digest all the stuff we learned in the Sierra Club lightweight backpacking class taught by Steve of WildeBeat fame. A few conclusions: "Either you hike to camp, or you camp to hike." I’m guessing…
Tom's travels
Getting my trail legs back
by tmangan • May 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
Rainy season’s about over around the Bay Area, which means I can get back out on the trails in the mornings before I head to the papermill … I tend to hike hard enough that I don’t have to get…