{"id":372,"date":"2006-03-21T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=372"},"modified":"2006-03-21T07:24:01","modified_gmt":"2006-03-21T12:24:01","slug":"a-new-backpacking-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2006\/03\/21\/a-new-backpacking-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A new backpacking blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember Your Paths<\/a> started showing up in my referrer logs the other day and within hours a comment by Becklund, its author, showed up here. We can say that this blog has officially arrived because it inspired an extended rant over at GoBlog<\/a>, which as we all know has a businsess plan built around manufacturers and their marketing departments paying millions not<\/em> to be mentioned on the blog. Sure, it’s a protection racket but hey, have you bought any car insurance lately?<\/p>\n

I’ll be the first to admit that three posts do not a blog make, but Becklund shows promise because a) the first post nit-picks arcane details of a snazzy new Mountain Hardwear backpack; b) the second post has a first aid kit with both tampons and<\/em> condoms (both dual-use items!); and c) the third shows that Becklund has gone over to the Lightweight Side. These are just about all I need to know about a blogger\/camper\/hiker. (I could have higher standards, but that would require me to insist that Jonathan<\/a> start using capital letters; I won’t impose that on anybody unless I’m getting paid for it.).<\/p>\n

I was rooting for the possibility that Becklund was a contraction for Brit Ecklund — it has the ring of a ’70s screen queen — till I learned that Rodders’ old gal-pal spelled her last name Ekland. Come to think of it, I’d probably have my name changed legally to avoid people thinking I had anything to do with the existence of “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember Your Paths started showing up in my referrer logs the other day and within hours a comment by Becklund, its author, showed up here. We can say that this blog has officially arrived because it inspired an extended rant…<\/p>\n

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