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,…
Monthly Archives: April 2006
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…