He’s back in Baghdad. From his homepage at hikinghq.net I am alive and working hard here at Camp Justice Iraq. Things here are going as well as they can. Hope everything is going fine for you back in the land…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
A good PCT read
by tmangan • April 21, 2006 • 0 Comments
Most trail journalers are far better hikers than writers, which means a fair amount of tedium trolling for bits of Trail Journal entries that seem postworthy. One correspondent whose prose stands out from the rest is Funnybone, who’s already been…
Blogs
Yeah, we got us some links
by tmangan • April 20, 2006 • 1 Comment
First off, check out Andy Howell’s glowing endorsement of the TorsoLite sleeping pad. And don’t miss his in-depth report from his camping trip to Snowdonia. The rest of today’s links are from ones I haven’t link to before (unless I…
Trails
Another AT dispatch
by tmangan • April 19, 2006 • 0 Comments
Little Wing, at Standing Bear hostel, Hartford, TN This place is a riot. Very rustic, sort of hippy/hiker charm with techie touches. In this building that looks like an old wooden tool shed that you’d find behind an 1800’s era…
Fitness
Tick, tick, tick…
by tmangan • April 19, 2006 • 5 Comments
So during last Saturday’s hike I stopped once to wring the water out of my socks and happened to notice about a half-dozen little brown ticks crawling around on my pant leg. I dusted ’em off and made a mental…
Blogs
Catching up with our favorite blogs
by tmangan • April 17, 2006 • 0 Comments
Thirsting for links? I thought so. Backcountry Blog urges everybody to donate their old avalanche beacons. Trailcast interviews legendry Appalachian Trail hostel keeper Miss Janet. Dan Mitchell recounts a really, really muddy hike he did the other day. GoBlog is…
Tom's travels
New hike posted
by tmangan • April 16, 2006 • 2 Comments
Saw lots of running water yesterday at Henry Coe State Park. Words & pix here.
Henry Coe State Park
Getting my feet wet
by tmangan • April 16, 2006 • 1 Comment
Before I get to this week’s hike, I have to revisit last week, when the instructor of my lightweight backpacking class mentioned having gone on a hike that required something like 50 stream crossings. Somebody asked if he changed out…
Gear
Back from the wilds
by tmangan • April 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
One of the first blogs I ever linked from here is called The Great Out of Doors, and its proprietor promptly stopped posting a couple weeks later. After a six-month break, a fesh post appears at the blog — an…