Andy Howell ponders the decline of walking for days on end (which sounds downright sane when put that way): One of the more interesting conversation that I had at the Outdoor Show was with Paul Davis, of hike-lite.co.uk. We talked…
Fitness
Don’t stop
by tmangan • March 24, 2006 • 1 Comment
Quote of the Week: There is nothing else but your effort. If you quit, you lose. From a post on staying motivated at fatmanwalking.com, the blog by the very large guy getting gradually smaller as he walks from Los Angeles…
Wildlife
Go fishing
by tmangan • March 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
Fishing the John Muir Trail is a nice piece at thru-hiker.com. Includes actual streams that have yielded fish in the past. Good to know when a bear has stolen all your food and it’s three days’ walk to the next…
Backpacking
Where to find a backpacking scale
by tmangan • March 22, 2006 • 3 Comments
So I signed up for a light-weight backpacking class to be taught by Steve Sergeant of WildeBeat fame. Turns out one of the homework requirements is to weigh all my gear, so I’ve been busy the past few days tracking…
Hiking
More canyon escapades
by tmangan • March 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
UT Outdoors has another of those slithering-through-cracks-in-the-earth videos that give me the willies. And speaking of slot-canyoneering, Wicked Outdoorsy notes that Aron Ralston, who had to cut his hand off to escape one, will endorse a line of personal-locator beacons.…
Blogs
Why you should take your mom backpacking
by tmangan • March 22, 2006 • 0 Comments
Robin Grapa’s latest “Our Hike” entry (700-plus miles and counting) mentioned a meet-up with a reporter and photographer from the Gazette of Chillicothe, Ohio, so I looked up the paper and found the story about their travels. You may recall…
Blogs
A new backpacking blog
by tmangan • March 21, 2006 • 1 Comment
Remember Your Paths started showing up in my referrer logs the other day and within hours a comment by Becklund, its author, showed up here. We can say that this blog has officially arrived because it inspired an extended rant…
In the news
Heroes don’t work for free these days
by tmangan • March 20, 2006 • 3 Comments
From the Hartford Courant: Barber, 38, reportedly was hiking through the park when she felt the urge to do a little rock climbing. Halfway up the rocks, Barber got in a jam. As one who doesn’t like heights, I can…
Blogs
Monday links redux
by tmangan • March 20, 2006 • 3 Comments
The usual suspects have been busy over the weekend: Cyberhobo went snowshoeing and declined to correct fellow hikers’ poor trail etiquette and brainless apparel choices. (He won’t last 10 minutes in Berkeley if he keeps that up!) Cutter reveals his…