So Moosejaw.com has been around since, like, forever in Internet time, but the Detroit Free Press just found out about it a couple weeks back. The Madison Heights-based outdoor retailer offers advice to lovelorn customers every day. Moosejaw also wants…
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Trekking in Laos
by tmangan • March 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
A travel piece in the Arizona Star describes hiking through the wild forests of Southeast Asia between the Mekong River and the Chinese border The afternoon reveals the real splendor of Nam Ha as we forge our way into the…
Line up for Squishy Bowls
by tmangan • March 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
I saw this post at gadling.com talking up these bowls made of “food-grade silicone” that can be pressed flat but pop back into their original shape. Great for backpacking, the post notes, but forgets the Question Which Must Be Answered…
Back at it
by tmangan • March 29, 2007 • 4 Comments
OK, I’ve finally got some time to catch up on some links. There’s a bunch. Sarah at freezerbagcooking.com has a bunch of gear for sale, including an excellent deal on a 2-person tent. Crow takes her first shower in four…
Sierra snowpack 50 percent of normal
by tmangan • March 29, 2007 • 1 Comment
Last year it was all about there being too damn much snow in the high country; this year it’s about there not being enough: The California Department of Water Resources conducted its fourth survey of the Sierra snowpack for the…
Promises, promises….
by tmangan • March 28, 2007 • 1 Comment
All our junk is in the new place, the computer desk is back up and running, and I should be able to resume goofing off in the familiar fashion on Thursday. (I walked to work Wednesday for the first time…
Move update
by tmangan • March 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
We’re moving this coming weekend so things oughta be back to normal by next week. In the meantime, be sure you tip your bartenders and partake of the many fine hiking blogs linked at left. And please be careful out…
The people you meet on the trail
by tmangan • March 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
Kathleen used to work in the research library at the paper. I used to take a shortcut through her office, right past her desk. Probably passed it a thousand times. Yesterday I was at the Sunol Regional Wilderness, sitting on…
This could put the Boy Scouts out of business
by tmangan • March 16, 2007 • 1 Comment
It’s a doodad to tighten rope that requires no knowledge of knot-tying. See Rocky’s post at the Goat for more wisecracks about this thing.