A few months after I became a hiking fiend in the summer of 2004, people started telling me, “Tom, you’re getting skinny.” Well, a few did. Often they’d ask me what happened. What I told people was that Tony Soprano…
Blogs
Recent finds
by tmangan • December 10, 2005 • 3 Comments
I’ve happened across a couple blogs worthy of note. Houston Guy is a blogger who likes hiking and motorcycle touring; on really good days, he combines both (which saves wear and tear on the ol’ feet, though can get ugly…
Blogs
Steamy, aromatic weekend blogroll
by tmangan • December 10, 2005 • 0 Comments
I’ve gotten a bit lazy about blogging the past few days — yesterday I had an excuse: my morning hike was so much fun that I need to rest up from it today — so with no further ado, check…
Wildlife
An extinction crisis
by tmangan • December 8, 2005 • 3 Comments
It’s happening in Mongolia, the New York Times reports. The only other possible exception to the woeful trend, conservation experts say, is the apparent increase in wolves. That is hardly welcomed by herders. If the animals wolves prey on become…
Backpacking
Big Foot sighted again
by tmangan • December 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Hey, if you believe in jolly fat white men who live at the north pole, why not believe in Sasquatch?
Tom's travels
I think I’ve found my summer adventure
by tmangan • December 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Grand Canyon! It’s easy driving distance from California, it’s probably the most gorgeous sight in the West, and there’s tons of info online to walk me through it. Here’s a link to suggestions for hiking Rim to Rim. Here’s a…
Backpacking
A great ultralight site
by tmangan • December 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
Found a really fine site created by a guy whose base pack weighs less than 10 pounds. Onestep’s Ultralight Backpacking features two suggestions any of us can use right away without planning a hundred-mile slog through the woods: when it…
Tom's travels
Next year I’m getting out there…
by tmangan • December 6, 2005 • 2 Comments
….for days on end if possible. I’m thinking about how to burn up some of my vacation time, preferably in five-day chunks in the backcountry. I posted a query at HighSierraTopix to see what the hardened trail hands over there…
Blogs
A hiking blog for moms-to-be
by tmangan • December 6, 2005 • 0 Comments
Here’s a niche of a niche of a niche for you: A hiking blog for pregnant women in the Bay Area (Calif.). The hiker in question is at Week 8 about now, with many months of changes, inside and out,…