Time for another quick link roundup: WildeBeat brings Part II of Steve’s desert-camping guide. Dan Mitchell writes up his Death Valley camp-out. (Scroll up for another excellent pic). Calipidder updates a couple Backpackgeartest.org reviews she’s finished. Cyberhobo had a picturesque…
Backpacking light
Learning to be light
by tmangan • April 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
No new pictures this week — I spent the whole weekend back in the classroom One of the ways adulthood totally rules over childhood is that you can pick only the kind of class you’re interested in. If I had…
Gear
Shelter? I got your shelter
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 2 Comments
My fool’s errand to become a lightweight backpacker is doing wonderful things for my G.A.D. (Gear Acquisition Disorder). I bought a 5×8 tarp several weeks back, immediately realized it was way too small for riding out a High Sierra deluge,…
Appalachian Trail, Through-hiking
Trail Journals post of the day
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 1 Comment
From Bugs, 338.70 miles up the Appalachian Trail: It is early afternoon, and I am still at Miss Janet’s house. I have decided, at the urging of all, to embrace the whimsy of the trail a bit. In other words,…
Photography
National parks, in pictures
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
New West profiles a book of images from Yellowstone, Grand Teton and other scenic-splendor area codes. The author is Edward Riddell of Jackson Hole; comparisons to Ansel Adams are inevitable. What Adams communicated as a non-verbal linguist proclaiming the moods…
Blogs
Dan’s been in the desert
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 1 Comment
If you’re wondering who on earth could possibly have been left off yesterday’s massive linkage attack, well, there was somebody: San Jose neighbor of mine Dan Mitchell, who had let a few days go by since his last update. Well,…
Blogs
Great big massive link wrapup
by tmangan • April 6, 2006 • 1 Comment
Just because I haven’t posted any links in awhile doesn’t mean they haven’t been happening. The highlights: Geared Up points to that race we’ve all been dying to enter: the Antarctic Marathon. Outdoor Sports Blog has a salute to Tenzing…
Tom's travels
Rained in
by tmangan • April 4, 2006 • 2 Comments
I haven’t been on a trail since a week ago Sunday because the rain just flat refuses to go away. I have resorted to reading Trail Journals entries to be reassured that somebody’s getting some hiking done. Here’s what’s happening…
Appalachian Trail, Through-hiking
More Appalachian Trail dispatches
by tmangan • April 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Trooper, at 75.4 miles in: I reached the Ga./N.C. border about 3pm, and decided to stay at Bly Gap. What a feeling it is to know that you can accomplish something like this in this day and age. Just over…