I’m getting sick of cows. They are big, they are stupid, and they leave stupendous piles of crap on the trail that I inevitably step in. The other day I was on my morning hike and had to navigate through…
Trails
Washington Trails Association’s excellent Web site
by tmangan • June 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
Andrew Engelson, editor of Washington Trails magazine, sent me a kind e-mail yesterday and pointed me to the blog of the Washington Trails Association. It’s just one fine element of a truly great Web site kept by the trails association.…
Blogs
Blog well and they will come
by tmangan • June 8, 2006 • 4 Comments
One admirable thing our good GoBlog pal Climb_Ca did the other day was encourage everybody to stop by the Outdoors Pro blog and buck up its author, Mark, A U.S. Navy veteran and current ski/rafting guide who laments his traffic…
Blogs
GoBlog has been to the Holy Land!
by tmangan • June 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
Who’da Thunk? Now obviously the area is dangerous. Dahab was just bombed by extremists. But, as I tell my friends, there’s never a good time to visit and I’ve been there a lot. But if you go, I can recommend…
Appalachian Trail, Through-hiking
The AT as Ultimate Summer Camp
by tmangan • June 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Jordan McCarron at mile 799.1 of the Appalachian Trail: We can play outside from the moment the sun comes up until it goes down and even then we can sleep out in tents. We can have campfires and make s’mores…
Blogs
Oregon outdoors blog
by tmangan • June 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Happened up on The Outsider, a blog hosted by the Register Guard in Eugene, Ore. The blogger is John Rezell, who seems to be having a bit of a challenge getting anybody to write back to him via his blog’s…
Hiking
Hiking in the heat
by tmangan • June 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
Here’s a thread full of useful tips at rec.backcountry. On Sunday I did my usual trick of throwing a tray of ice cubes into the hydration bladder. While I was fumbling through the fridge I remembered the fresh melon Melissa…
Gear
Recycle your old shoes
by tmangan • June 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
It works like this: This summer Chaco and Backcountry.com are making it easier to kick it in style. No, they aren’t negotiating for Chaco Friday’s at the office – you’re on your own for that. What Chaco has come up…
In the news
Body found near PCT hiker’s last camp
by tmangan • June 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
Searchers believe they’ve found the body of John Donovan, who disappeared on the Pacific Crest Trail last year and whose remaining gear at his campsite helped two lost hikers survive long enough to get help. The discovery was made about…