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Feral Hiker tells how he learned for himself that you can get hypothermic without feeling cold<\/a>. “I was alone, if I had fallen, easy to do on the wet, tangled wood I crawled through, I might not have made it out. Obviously I couldn’t rely on feeling cold or shivering to warn me of approaching hypothermia, I didn’t remember feeling cold until after I started to warm up. And the temperature wasn’t that cold, probably above 30 F the entire time.”<\/p>\n Speaking of cold, Andy Howell tried tarping in the UK countryside<\/a> over the weekend. “I was up early,a warming cup of tea downed and a pot of warm porridge and fruit eaten. Breaking camp was the most uncomfortable thing about the whole, cold night. It as bitterly cold packing. I started walking at almost running pace so desperate was I to get some feeling back into the fingers and toes that had frozen in the time it took to re-load the pack.”<\/p>\n A couple more backpacking links: Ultra-light Skunk Works builds a sleeping bag. <\/a> Lightbackpacking.com checks out the Ohlone Trail,<\/a> of my favorite hiking haunts.<\/p>\n For those who missed it on Crow<\/a>‘s blog the other day: Invisible Erik has pulled off an impressive feat of geekery: topo maps for the whole PTC,<\/a> minus the guidebook chitchat he considers pointless. For those who like beds and sheets, National Traveler points out interesting lodging deals at the parks this summer. <\/a> Snag these while you can, they won’t last long. And because the Gear Jones must be given its due:<\/p>\n Scoutmaster profiles the “Just Drink” water filters<\/a> from Sawyer. Stephen Regenold points to a company<\/a> that makes boxed mixes for bake-at-home energy bars. Rocky at The Goat has a couple gems: Running shoes with a GPS-enabled panic button<\/a> and ThermaRests that are supposed to be more puncture-resistant . Let’s see what the kids’ve been up to: Feral Hiker tells how he learned for himself that you can get hypothermic without feeling cold. “I was alone, if I had fallen, easy to do on the wet, tangled wood I…<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking of hiking and camping for a long, long time: Walking the Wall has more bloggy goodness from the Great Wall of China, including a picture of the world’s cutest baby goat,<\/a> and Q&A No. 3 <\/a>on how their walk is progressing.
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\nHopefully this will<\/em> last long: a new wheelchair-accessible section of the Appalachian Trail <\/a>along the Osborne Tract in Tennessee. Jeffrey Hunter with the American Hiking Society has a nice quickie video of the site.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd now that we’re back to backpacking: Sports Geezer points to a guide to fixing back pain.
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