Recent updates at favored blogs: Arun in India went birding. His pix are amazing. Airplane Journal took an astoundingly long hike at Big Basin State Park. His pix are pretty fine, too. GoBlog highlights a wonderful device for those of…
Backpacking
Snow camping vs. blizzard camping
by tmangan • December 20, 2005 • 0 Comments
Calipidder and friends had a leisurely snow-camping expedition in mind. Mother Nature had other plans. Even with all their foul-weather gear, some of ’em got downright chilly when the storm blew through.
Hiking
Gone bushwacking
by tmangan • December 20, 2005 • 1 Comment
I happened across this article about getting way, way of the trail and it made me wonder how many people cave to the urge to bushwack. The signs in the parks always say “Please stay on the trail” and I…
Wildlife
Why drill for oil in Alaska?
by tmangan • December 20, 2005 • 2 Comments
I don’t want any of the caribou habitat disrupted, I don’t want nesting birds unnested. Like all right-thinking people I despise multinational oil companies and their stooges in the halls of power. I’m properly awed by the majesty of the…
Gear
Slake your GPS lust
by tmangan • December 19, 2005 • 0 Comments
If you’re thinking of getting one of those nifty GPS receivers (and what hiker hasn’t been tempted?), there’s a thread at alt.rec.hiking on buying suggestions.
Blogs
Blog report
by tmangan • December 19, 2005 • 1 Comment
Gambolin Man waxes effusively on the charms of Coyote Hills Regional Park, which sits on the edge of the San Francisco Bay just west of Fremont. The Gamboleer notes that he’s lived in the Bay Area for ages but is…
Gear
How dry I ain’t
by tmangan • December 18, 2005 • 2 Comments
Yesterday it happened again: I got caught in the rain, put on my trusty Marmot Precip rain jacket, and proceeded to get so sweaty that the inner layer of my coat got almost as wet as the exterior (which actually…
Ohlone Wilderness
Back in the wilderness
by tmangan • December 17, 2005 • 1 Comment
If you can find your way through Livermore to the Del Valle Regional Park, you earn the privilege of slogging up and down some of the most ass-busting hills in the Bay Area along the Ohlone Wilderness Trail, which starts…
Tom's travels
I’m hiking today
by tmangan • December 17, 2005 • 0 Comments
… but it’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow so I’ll be a busy little blogger then, I promise. However, I would be remiss if I did not point folks to Arun’s Treatise on Snow.