Over the past 3 years I’ve checked out or tented most of the official campgrounds on Kauai and Maui.
Despite being an outdoor tropical paradise, the campground situation on those 2 islands is a mess.
Your choices include National Campgrounds, State Campgrounds, County Campgrounds and a few private campgrounds.
Though inexpensive, the problem is actually [...]
Archive for the ‘product warnings’ Category
26 Nov
the sorry campgrounds of Hawaii
16 Oct
Banff Mountain Festivals 2009
Oct. 31st – Nov. 8th, 2009
Speakers include Ultramarathon Man Dean Karnazes, Royal Robbins, climber Chris Sharma, speed climber Ueli Steck, and extreme skier / BASE jumper Karina Hollekim.
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I spent a week at the 2007 festivals. My review:
Good, not great.
I’ll likely never return mainly because hiking is very under represented in Banff. It’s all about [...]
7 Oct
moleskin – no bloody good
Fedak linked to an interesting post on the Fixing Your Feet (FYF) blog:
… I talk about moleskin because it has been around for so long. For years it was the standard hot spot and blister patching tool. In the next edition of FYF, I will make reference to moleskin as a product, which has seen [...]
17 Sep
NeoAir FAIL – Therm-a-Rest bulge
The best air mattress on the market right now is the NeoAir made by Cascade Designs Therm-a-Rest.
I was lying on mine one night in the tent during an 8-day hike of the Haute Route in the Alps. A strange sizzling sound began.
At first I thought I was being attacked by insects under the [...]
6 Sep
not recommended – West Highland Way, Scotland
Trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
I flew into Scotland on a Thursday.
Friday I hopped the train directly to what most consider the best multi-day hike in Scotland, the West Highland Way.
… The West Highland Way, from Milngavie to Fort William, a distance of 95 miles … Hills, dense woodland and wildlife make [...]
30 Jul
hiking the Stone Sea in Germany
Jeni and just about everyone else told me to travel to the most beautiful lake in the country. It looks like a fjord.
You get there from Berchtesgaden, 30km south of Salzburg. Hitler’s mountain residence, the Berghof, was located near here though Der Fuehrer rarely visited due to security worries. Today the Nazi Eagle’s [...]
27 Apr
Greg’s iPod graveyard
Long distance adventure racer Greg Kolodziejzyk posted a photo of all the disfunctional iPods he’s used for training over the years.
larger version
… I seem to blast through iPods as fast as I blow through sneakers. Last summer during training for the 24 hour human powered boat record I purchased a totally water proof enclosure [...]
5 Feb
Backpacker bungles Best Hike in Each State
Backpacker Magazine, as part of their Readers’ Choice Awards 2009, named “the best hike in every state” in the USA.
No need to click through to the list, however.
Not unless you want to add your comment to these:
The “best trail in Nevada” points at a link titled Great Basin National Park? Nope, but instead takes [...]
12 Dec
guided hiking tours in China
China Volkssport Associon (that’s the correct spelling) contacted us regarding their guided walking tours.
Their website is translated into 6 languages, imperfectly. Many of the links do not work.
The tours all seem to be about 2 weeks long. Offered throughout China year round.
I would only sign on if I had personal recommendations from [...]
27 Jun
GORE-TEX® – the fabric of deceit
Who was it that coined the truism? Author Tim Cahill, I believe.
I’ve never had any faith in the so-called waterproof material or any of it’s competitors.
Frank and Sue in Australia are similarly suspicious:
We are a skeptical pair here at “Our Hiking Blog” and the concept of waterproof hiking boots has been high on our list [...]
