Chuckie, trail name Funnybone, on reaching the final milepost on the Pacific Crest Trial: I wound my way down the last set of switchbacks when I came to a clearing. There it stood, Monument 78, a miniature Washington Monument looking…
Blogs
Another bi-lingual hiking blog
by tmangan • November 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Trekking Lab is an Italian hiking blog that has thoughtfully linked here, and even more thoughtfully has started offering English translations. Here’s an interesting tip from a post about orienteering: Parabolic Antenna: if you find a mountain hut with a…
In the news
Voting in today’s election
by tmangan • November 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Last night I watched an excellent PBS documentary about the Gold Rush, in which tens of thousands of greedy dreamers from around the world converged on Northern California in search of easy money, which wasn’t to be found in the…
Blogs
Lots o’ links
by tmangan • November 6, 2006 • 2 Comments
Rick of Best Hikes has been racking up a ton of great posts of late. To wit: The World’s Most Dangerous Tourist Route Fast vs. slow hiking in a group. Paria, the best canyon hike in the world. Hiking the…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
One for the Trail Journals greatest hits file
by tmangan • November 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
From Funnybone’s PCT journal: It was an hideous day, the kind that reminds you that you’d rather be indoors reading or sitting in front of the telly or perhaps even doing the dishes or standing in line at the Department…
Castle Rock State Park
Another hike with Seagull
by tmangan • November 5, 2006 • 0 Comments
When last we encountered Seagull, my Chinese hiking friend, the two of us traveled to Point Reyes to gaze upon elk and the Pacific Ocean. Since then Seagull came upon a Chinese-American outdoors club based in San Francisco that took…
Blogs
Why are we blogging?
by tmangan • November 4, 2006 • 2 Comments
I noticed that Chris Clarke of the Creek Running North blog has gone on hiatus. I can understand the temptation, having put my share of blogs and other sites in mothballs because I had run out of the time/energy/interest required…
Fitness
Strengthening your ankles
by tmangan • November 4, 2006 • 0 Comments
A hiker asks Outside magazine’s fitness guru how to build stronger ankles. Turns out previous injuries that haven’t healed properly can cause weakness down the road: In addition to being born with loose ankles, you can also develop them due…
Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
This one’s for Fedak
by tmangan • November 3, 2006 • 1 Comment
In honor of his broken leg, here’s a link to a woman who broke hers on a trail in Corsica, possibly monkey-wrenching her plans to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail next summer. In August, I was hiking with my husband…