I haven’t done this in ages, and nobody has complained, but what the heck, let’s have a round-up of what’s happening in the outdoor blogosphere.

On the local scene:

• Calipidder’s redesign puts a pretty wrapper on many impressive improvements at her site: An emerging California wildflowers page and a massive PhotoMap of all the places she’s been.
• Trailspotting continues to impress me, with nifty implementation of GPS and Google maps.
• Winehiker samples poetry of his youth.
• WildeBeat goes for the grizzlies.
• Fedak did some trail maintenance marijuana-patch restoration in Ventana Wilderness.
• Hike Half Dome points to an interesting cable show about Yosemite.
• Two Bay Area hikers have started their Pacific Crest Trail through-hike.

On the national scene

• Outdoorzy profiles new stuff from WigWam, my favorite brand of socks.
• Uncooped looks at tin foil campfire cooking.
• Little Po got roughed up on a rock face.
• Sara at Freezerbag Cooking writes about her first backpacking trip.

On the international scene

• Rocky points to some cool Everest photos
• Globetrotting Rick from Calgary profiles a great Hawaii hike.
• Here’s a guy walking around the world.

On the gear scene

• Take a Load Off got his base pack weight down to 10 pounds and change.
• GoBlog delights in the fall of the house of Croc.
• Outside blog looks at non-toxic water bottles.