The Washington Post has an excellent, in-depth account of a story that broke over the weekend, when two people got lost in the Southern California wilderness and stumbled upon the last campsite of John Donovan, a 60-year-old Pacific Crest thruhiker…
Monthly Archives: May 2006
New York Times discovers Damascus, Va.
by tmangan • May 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
Pretty soon they’re gonna be calling it Trail-A-Palooza. From May 19 to 21, Damascus will stage what has become probably the largest single gathering of hikers anywhere: an annual festival called Trail Days. Last year, despite a steady rain, an…
Hiking East St. Louis
by tmangan • May 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
Bobby & Poot, at mile 1655 of the American Discovery Trail Then our ADT turn-by-turn told us to follow the levees into E. St. Louis. So that’s just what we did. Now, we were warned of the dangers that lurk…
Daddy’s got some new brand new shoes
by tmangan • May 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m breaking in a new pair of the Salomon XA Pro 3D trail runners I picked up over the weekend. My feet don’t really enjoy hiking in running shoes, whether they’re made for the trail or not. They simply adore…
Rugged digicams
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 3 Comments
Gear Guy suggests a few that might survive a mild beating. My el-cheapo Canon A510 is tougher than I figured it’d be: I dropped it on a rock in a dry riverbed a few weeks back and it’s still shooting…
Ouch!
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 2 Comments
John Fedak busted an ankle in Yosemite over the weekend. I was heading up towards Vernal Falls in the late morning after having scrambled up to Sierra Point earlier in the day. The usual water fountain near the bridge wasn’t…
Somewhere in the middle of Montana
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 1 Comment
The Dude took some fine pictures while hiking near Bozeman. Includes real live buffalo sightings, but no grizzly bears.
Fight obesity: send your kids camping
by tmangan • May 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
Yosemite Blog points to summer fun at the Yosemite Institute. Good news: they’re out of your hair for two weeks; bad news: You’ll have to find other ways to send ’em packing the rest of the summer.
Does a tent need a footprint?
by tmangan • May 8, 2006 • 2 Comments
Since I dumped on Outside Magazine’s Gear Guy last week, I may as well make up for it in response to a consumer-friendly response to a reader who wonders if there’s really any need to buy one of those special…