{"id":6479,"date":"2011-09-12T20:29:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T15:43:17","slug":"10-best-hiking-and-camping-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/10-best-hiking-and-camping-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"10 best hiking and camping blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven over at My Life Outdoors asked his readers to nominate the top outdoor blogs<\/a>, which was a tidy coincidence: Today I wrapped up a quick-and-dirty analysis of more than 300 sites on my Twitter list of hiking and camping blogs<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"topMy Top 10 were excellent, but it’s never a surprise to find 10 great examples of anything. I was more amazed at how many great blogs I had to choose from. Back when I started Two-Heel Drive there might’ve been a half-dozen really good hiking\/camping blogs. Today there are well over 100. I pared that list down to about 50, then slashed one more time to get the Top 10: <\/p>\n

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  1. Hiking in Finland —<\/a> Hendrik Morkel is the best hiking blogger we’ve got at the moment. He’s smart, opinionated, occasionally infuriating and straight-up crazy about sharing tips for lightweight backpacking. <\/li>\n
  2. Florida Hikes<\/a> — I guess when you’ve got no mountains and alligators instead of bears, you have to try harder. <\/li>\n
  3. Trail Cooking & the Outdoors<\/a> — Every backpacker who’s had to scrape the encrusted oatmeal out of their titanium pots is thankful for the advent of Freezerbag Cooking. <\/li>\n
  4. Dirty Gourmet — <\/a> I checked this site out in depth for the first time. Clean design, great writing and authoritative coverage make Dirty Gourmet a winner. <\/li>\n
  5. Daily Hiker — <\/a> Still a great mix of news, commentary and gear here. <\/li>\n
  6. Gear Talk with Jason Klass — <\/a> We should all just travel to Colorado and have Jason teach us how he makes such cool videos. <\/li>\n
  7. Section Hiker<\/a> — Always a solid performer with a strong mix of tips, gear and trip reports. <\/li>\n
  8. Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog<\/a> — Evidence that it’s possible to have a site devoted to hiking news. <\/li>\n
  9. The Gearcaster<\/a> — Another site proving that video brings a whole new dimension to gear blogging. <\/li>\n
  10. Cold Splinters<\/a> — Cold Splinters’ capacity to tap into totally cool stuff is unmatched. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Methodology: To be great, a blog needs to answer four questions: <\/p>\n