Impressions of snow camping: Snow is wetter than it looks: It’s like being in a rainforest where the rain doesn’t go away — it just hangs around in another form. All that beautiful flaked goodness adorning trees and hilltops is…
Blogs
Let there be links
by tmangan • February 6, 2006 • 0 Comments
Links kept happening while I was off camping. Let’s take a look: Hike write-ups The “Our HIke” gals have their first 38.5 miles behind them. Only like 3,000 more to go as the crow flies (I’m betting they wish they…
Tom's travels
Snow-camping update
by tmangan • February 6, 2006 • 4 Comments
Snow-camping was cold. Also, cool. Pix & words here.
Carson Pass
24 hours at Carson Pass
by tmangan • February 5, 2006 • 0 Comments
It’s four hours past sunset and I’m attempting to sleep on snow seven feet deep. I’m about 50 yards from the Pacific Crest Trail, an hour’s slog (on snowshoes) south of Carson Pass in the High Sierra south of Lake…
Gear
Bagging rights: Synthetic vs. down
by tmangan • February 3, 2006 • 3 Comments
You get a sense of Mac-vs-PC, Pepsi-vs-Coke, Israelis-vs-Palestinians in the great debate about whether the best sleeping bag should have down or synthetic fill. This thread at Whiteblaze.net covers the controversy in pretty good detail. If you listened to the…
Hiking
Why hiking is better than driving
by tmangan • February 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
From Poky, a guy planning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail this summer: I’m struck by the fact that when I was on the trail I was open to all interactions from people, but in traffic I am unhappy with…
Blogs
Beyond cool … downright chilly in fact
by tmangan • February 3, 2006 • 3 Comments
Josh Wilkins’ Simplehiker site is back up and running on a new publishing platform. Just in time for your next blizzard, he has a link to igloo-building instructions. Josh has a hankering to go snow-camping, which is what I’ll be…
Blogs
A few more links
by tmangan • February 2, 2006 • 1 Comment
GoBlog can’t get enough of piling on REI (turns out most of their catalogs aren’t on recycled paper. The Nerve of those Bastards!) Justin has caved to his gear jones. Dan Mitchell, who has lived in San Jose since Nixon…
Blogs
Remember the “Our Hike” gals?
by tmangan • February 2, 2006 • 0 Comments
They’re leaving tomorrow for the East Coast. Then today we had even more practice! What an experience. I started out the morning with a couple of early radio-phone interviews. Then mom and I headed to the Wiouwash trailhead at the…