Lots o’ blogging happening over the weekend. The highlights:<\/p>\n
Scoutmaster, who posted an worthy defense of Scouting in the comments here last week, links to an article by the author of “Last Child in the Woods.<\/a>” (For those who missed it, Winter Warlock wrote on about the book <\/a>awhile back, too.) Even more on this topic at the WTA blog<\/a> (scroll down, it’s the second item).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feral Hiker reports on canyon hiking in Utah.<\/a> Short version: wading through canyons is more slippery than you might expect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the Crow Flies has two detailed posts on backpacking food: one on basic sundries,<\/a> and another on energy bars. <\/a><\/p>\n Oregon Outdoor Journal blasts Outdoor Life magazine<\/a>, and describes snowshoeing<\/a> at Fish Lake Interpretive Site. Another snowshoe link: Rumble Strip gets his new pair<\/a> out for the second time this year.<\/p>\n Bastish has even more excellent Japanese mountain pictures<\/a> posted.<\/p>\n Freezerbag Cooking points to a nifty spoon<\/a> for getting the goodies out of your freezer bag, and has an interesting introduction to “self-arrest<\/a>” (which does not mean turning yourself into the cops for all those crimes you got away with during your misspent youth).<\/p>\n Rocky at The Goat points to a gadget that turns pee into battery power<\/a> (who says there are no miracles anymore?), and, speaking of bodily fluids, links to a comparison<\/a> of water-purification methods.<\/p>\n SportsGeezer links to stories about chaos training<\/a> (which I interpret as the freedom not<\/em> to count reps anymore); and how manly men are going to boot camps<\/p>\n <\/a> to get in shape (I’m there, but only if I get to shoot somebody).<\/p>\n Outdoorzy Blog notes that the state of Kentucky has recently discovered there is wilderness <\/a>within its boundaries that might be good for something besides coal mines.<\/p>\n Rick at Best Hike reports on a European hiking site<\/a> and adds the Grey Owl Trail in Saskatchewan<\/a> to the list of go-to trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lots o’ blogging happening over the weekend. The highlights: Scoutmaster, who posted an worthy defense of Scouting in the comments here last week, links to an article by the author of “Last Child in the Woods.” (For those who missed…<\/p>\n
\nAndy Howell has posted ever more words and pictures<\/a> about hiking the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n
\nGadling laments the declining clarity at Lake Tahoe<\/a>, which is now down to a mere 74 feet.<\/p>\n