Ottawa Citizen.com reports on hikers who got trapped in sea water and driftwood along the West Coast Trail. They were crossing a surge channel when a rogue wave came blasting through. Seconds later they were thrashing around in the churning…
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Quick tarp setup
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
American Bushman has a video showing how to rig up an 8×8 tarp in a flash with a trekking pole and a few stakes.
DIY tick-checking
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 3 Comments
AktoMan has a colorful solution: I’d thought of this technique before, but tried it for real at the weekend, and it seemed to work. Instead of contorting yourself trying to angle a mirror to those difficult to reach places trying…
It’s cold up there
by tmangan • June 13, 2007 • 0 Comments
Scatman, at the approach to Forester Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail. I was up at 5:15 AM and once again the raisins in my cereal were frozen. Scatman’s the guy who rode his bike from Canada to Mexico and…
What’s in those pine needles anyway?
by tmangan • June 12, 2007 • 0 Comments
“So, Tom,” they wonder. “Does your wife hike?” I patiently explain Melissa has a bum knee on one side and an iffy foot on the other, so while we can barely bear to be apart for the few hours it…
Light in the forest
by tmangan • June 12, 2007 • 7 Comments
The weekend before last, my pictures from one local redwood forest got rave reviews. This weekend, another redwood forest — arguably much more spectacular — and I get yawns. For good reason, mind you, the pictures from the previous week…
Sandals had to be rescued
by tmangan • June 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
So imagine yourself in the Mojave Desert and you catch some bug that causes rampant dehydration. This seems to be what happened to Cari Tucker, AKA Sandals, according to the guy who found her on the trail and did what…
Quick note
by tmangan • June 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
Thanks to all who posted comments on the “blogging for dollars” post I did this morning … later it occurred to me I had signed a non-disclosure agreement about this deal and even though the company wasn’t named, I didn’t…
Morning walks update
by tmangan • June 11, 2007 • 1 Comment
Since I ragged against speed hiking last week I feel compelled to confess I’ve been some racing the clock myself of late. Not in our Sacred Cathedral of the Backcountry, mind you, but still: it’s walking (somewhat) fast and is…