Quite a few folks are interested in a weekend in the shadows of Mount Shasta from Oct. 6 to 8. The tally of those feeling tempted, according to the comments list at GoBlog: Josh at simplehiker.com Brad at TheBradlands.com Po…
Blogs, Outdoor Blogger Ho Down
Blogger meet-up update
by tmangan • September 1, 2006 • 3 Comments
ClimbCA, the GoBlog host, and I have been swapping e-mails and attending to initial logistics of what he’s caling the First Annual Outdoor Blogger Ho Down. Not that there’ll be any ho’s, though we may be staying at a place…
Tom's travels
What you can take on a plane
by tmangan • September 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
Good to know: list of stuff the Transportation Security Agency says you can take on a plane. It’s pretty amusing in places. You can’t take a sword but you can take your KY gel. So if you wonder why that…
Blogs, Outdoor Blogger Ho Down
Outdoor blogger meet-up proposed
by tmangan • September 1, 2006 • 2 Comments
GoBlog has finally tired of waiting for me to organize this — which was my plan all along: throw out an idea I’m too lazy to implement myself and let somebody else run with it. So far all the GoBlog…
Blogs
Bear Cans, Part II
by tmangan • September 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
WildeBeat has the scoop.
Backpacking
Someplace to buy single servings
by tmangan • August 30, 2006 • 1 Comment
Check out www.minimus.biz — which sells single-serving condiments, drinks (coffee!) and other travel-size goodies.
Backpacking
A few backpacking links
by tmangan • August 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
Gadling visits a High Sierra lake. Justin shares tips on Shenandoah National Park. Best Hikes links to a hard-core Peruvian adventure.
Blogs
Speaking of mishaps
by tmangan • August 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
Andrew at the Washington Trail Association wants to hear your favorite outdoor gaffes. And there’s this from the Our Hike gals, somewhere in Utah: Then we took our break under a big juniper tree. As we were getting up to…
Gear
Map mavens, rejoice!
by tmangan • August 29, 2006 • 0 Comments
Two-Heel Drive reader Erik Cox directed me to the site of a guy who has collected all 56,000 U.S. Geographical Survey maps and intends to make them available to the public. He’s already collected $1,600 to defray his costs and…