“hiking Haleakala’s crater,” from the photo stream of Judy B. Caption: “The surreal colors inside Maui’s Haleakala crater make you believe you’re on the moon. Tough hiking but well worth it !” More info on Haleakala National Park here. Judy…
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Arlene Blum interviewed
by tmangan • March 6, 2007 • 0 Comments
Arlene, the first woman to climb Everest, is interviewed on Sierra Club Radio. She talks about getting her start at Denali and trekking across the Himalayas with a small baby and a 50-pound backpack. Her latest book is “Breaking Trail,…
Time for another outing
by tmangan • March 5, 2007 • 9 Comments
It’s come to my attention that St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, falls on a Saturday this year, which sounds like an excellent excuse to wet the whistle with foamy malt-based beverages after a few hours on the trail. So, here’s…
Links pour down like rain
by tmangan • March 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Lots o’ blogging happening over the weekend. The highlights: Scoutmaster, who posted an worthy defense of Scouting in the comments here last week, links to an article by the author of “Last Child in the Woods.” (For those who missed…
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • March 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
“Antelope Slot Canyon,” from the photo stream of Karen Ziemkowski. Locale is Antelope Slot Canyon near Page, Arizona. Incidentally, Karen and her spouse are wedding photographers who have a wedding-pix blog that has some fine pictures.
Tramping through Las Trampas
by tmangan • March 4, 2007 • 3 Comments
The daring adventurers of California’s past — who energetically cut down most of the trees, polluted most of the streams and killed off all the grizzly bears — did do something beneficial for ensuing generations: they spent lifetimes buying up…
Logging in the national forests
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 11 Comments
WTA Blog offers the following. As I’ve stated earlier, the Forest Service’s budget is being hammered because it is no longer generating any revenue. This decline began in the early 1990’s under the Clinton adminstration and has only been exacerbated…
Flickr hiking pic o’ the day
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 1 Comment
“Climbing the Peaks,” from the photo stream of Mr.Enjoy. Caption: “The Pilgrim’s Path.” Locale: Madeira, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Mr. Enjoy recommends this site for more on hiking there. (Sounds like a Best Hike candidate…
I thought sure this was a joke…
by tmangan • March 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
… but there really is a Web site called predatorpee.com. Here’s the pitch: f you have ever watched nature shows on TV, you know that in the wild, the relationship between predator and prey defines the daily routine of virtually…