hobolinks :: August :: 2006

It’s a small fire so far at 1000 acres, but has caused some closures, and what a great name.

Simplehiker does a good review of these DIY snacks – looks like they might be worth a try.

Now this is useful outdoor knowlege that addresses a common problem. I’ve known the technique as Kowboy Kleenex and Texas Tissue, but this guide goes into the full detail of the Aussie version.

(Via J-Walk Blog)

Here we go: submit and browse the climbing areas of the world in Google Earth. Only 88 routes so far, but a nice idea!

(Via GoBlog)

It’s interesting to see a complicated area compared in many different online maps. Most get this particular area wrong.

(Via The Map Room)

An attempt to make all US 1:24,000 topo maps free to download forever.

(Via The Map Room)

She’s literally running around the world. No sag vehicle, no flights, no crew. Her last position was in British Columbia, heading for the united states.

(Via GoBlog)

Paula Constant has worked as hard as anyone I’ve witnessed to fund her adventure, walking across the Sarahara and perhaps beyond. I was afraid the ending would not be good, but she has kept at it and found enough money to get back on the trail, at least. Kudos to her.

There is a list of podcasts covering natural & environmental issues over at Transmogrified. I tend to get my news in RSS feeds, but I’ve listened to some of these programs on the radio.

I used to fantasize about being a fire lookout, spending long solitary hours with an unparalleled view. When climbing at the Needles I heard that, “Perched at its top is a historic and beautiful USFS fire lookout tower that is usually staffed through the summer months by the aimiable Marge, who is known for baking cookies for climbers every Sunday morning.” On the CDT in New Mexico a fire lookout saved our fannies with fresh water after two dry springs. I’ll miss them when they’re gone.

(Via Dan’s Outside)

I know I can’t keep hand-coding javascript on my sites much longer – browser incompatibilities alone will eventually eat me alive. This article was most helpful in getting a quick sense of the current state of free javascript libraries.

How does the world or an area look using different 2D projections? This useful tool will show you.

(Via The Map Room)

I’d never seen this 1978 video from a camera mounted on a Ferrari speeding suicidally through the streets of Paris, but paired with a dynamic Google maps mashup is certainly the way to watch it.

(Via Ursi’s Blog)

The long-gone geobloggers site that mapped geotagged flickr photos has been replaced at last by this slick Google maps mashup.

(Via Google Maps Mania)

Looks like there will be some good posts at Final Frontier – Little Po is back from mountaineering school. Looks like she now has much more high altitude experience than I do…

I’m not a big Outside magazine fan, but that didn’t stop me from reading this five page interview with rock climber Steph Davis.

(Via Adventure Blog)

A nifty pictorial how-to from Field & Stream.

(Via outdoorhacks.com)

Off the coast of Oregon a mysterious ‘dead zone’ of oxygen-depleted ocean water has returned every year since 2002, killing the crabs and fish in the area.

Changing the order of things is so nice to be able to do on a web page, but I haven’t even wanted to think about the scripting. Nice to see that brothercake is sharing their implementation.

My hometown has received money from the Access Fund to officially open access to the Piano Boulder. I’m not aware that there has been any problem with access to this area, but a developed trail will certainly not hurt it.