From the “Things You Wanted To Know But Never Wanted To Ask Anyone” file, the lovingly semi-misanthropic As The Crow Flies gives us a multi-step primer on the proper way to make the Great Outdoors your own personal Littler Hikers’ Room. There are helpful diagrams, if you’re interested. And when you’re done learning your defecation… Read more »
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A Satiated Thought
To paraphrase Mr. Colbert: Clif Bar Iced Gingerbread: Great on-trail snack, or the greatest on-trail snack? * note – also makes a great post-lunch snack.
Step It Up 2007
Bill McKibben – the organizer behind the largest Climate Crisis demonstration in the United States – seems like he’s been inspired by that ubiquitous “Think Globally, Act Locally” bumper sticker. For his next demonstration, he’s aiming to run the “first nationwide do-it-yourself mass protest.” The decentralized event will harness the Power of the Internet to… Read more »
Timber Mountain via Icehouse Canyon
This is the easiest way to reach Timber Mountain, the southernmost of the “Three Tees” on the Three Tees Trail. Timber Mountain is a prominent, forested peak just above Icehouse Canyon, one of the loveliest canyons in the entire San Gabriel Mountains range. Red Tape: If you are continuing past the Wilderness boundary in Icehouse… Read more »
Virtual Forests
Apparently Fujifilm got bit hard by the environmental bug when they launched Forests Forever, a multimedia tour through the world’s forests. In an effort to raise awareness of the more sylvan areas around us, the site has incredible pictures from forests on all of the planet’s forested continents. Along with the stunning scenery, the site’s… Read more »
13 Photographs That Changed the World
Only one of the pictures in this collection is directly hiking-related, but I figured most of the people who take pictures on the trail would have a passing interest in these self-described world-shattering snapshots. It is always fascinating to look at pictures like this and see how they’ve influenced the rest of the media and… Read more »
Update: Creationism in the Canyon?
Lucky for the blogosphere some of us bloggers actually know people, and have the gumption and wherewithal to investigate stories. Of course, this site knows no one and is far too lazy to investigate anything that won’t directly lead me to a mountain, but the National Parks Traveler’s got moxie. He actually picked up the… Read more »
Cucamonga Peak via Icehouse Canyon
This trek to Cucamonga Peak is a lengthy, steep hike up to one of the tallest peaks in the San Gabriels. You’ll get a great workout, and amazing views off the peak’s nearly-sheer face — a small promontory that reveals the great L.A. Sprawl before you. One of the greatest things about hiking on Sunday… Read more »
Hit the Gym. Or the Lab.
Two-Heel Drive linked up to some recommended indoor exercises for those unfortunate folks who don’t have access to year-round hiking. An area that, it seems from my time in temperate winter New England, is becoming smaller, but one that still exists nonetheless… The folks at Hiking Ideas dig the classic weighted lunge at the gym… Read more »
Map Test
After much fiddling and poking around in code and stylesheets I’m probably not qualified to be doing, I seem to have gotten a Google Map – geo mashup working. Sometimes, at least. I can currently view the map perfectly in Firefox, but Internet Explorer shows me just a glimpse before telling me it can’t show… Read more »