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Wild Film History

cyberhobo — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:27:06 +0000

If I can’t go outside now, maybe I can go outdoors in history. Wild Film History, 100 years of wildlife filmmaking, looks excellent.

Eric Ryback kicks off the PCT season

cyberhobo — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:30:43 +0000

This is the kind of news that the internet is great for. Eric Ryback was the first person to through-hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 1970, at 18 years old. His book was an inspiration for my hike in 1996. I always wondered if he remained an avid hiker after that. This year the Onion attended the PCT kickoff party, and who showed up to give a presentation but Mr. Ryback himself! How cool. Thanks to the Onion for sharing!

Motoring up is more rewarding than hiking

cyberhobo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:26:11 +0000

I’ve always wondered why anyone who could hike up a mountain would want to ride a train up it, but apparently I’m just bass ackwards. This study shows that people value the train ride more than the hike when asked to convert the experience to dollars. Somehow I doubt they limited the study to the opinions of people who had done both…

Human Edge Tech

cyberhobo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:47:34 +0000

Erden of the Around-n-Over expedition has posted an outline of his communications gear, purchased and supported by Human Edge Tech. There’s a lot of interesting portable, solor-enabled gadgets there. I like Erden’s blog, but it needs an RSS feed and permalinks to each post.

mmm, climbing vids

cyberhobo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:51:30 +0000

My discovery today is a site with some nice little hits of climbing video to get you through that after-lunch craving: Momentum Video Magazine. There’s a feature on Vedauwoo night bouldering in the current issue…

Time lapse photography

cyberhobo — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:30:26 +0000

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many is this worth?

If you must

cyberhobo — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:44:53 +0000

Would I post a link to Men’s Journal here? No, I just can’t. But their adventure quiz is too hilarious to resist, so take a quick side visit to The Adventure Blog to find it.

Living on public land

cyberhobo — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:09:41 +0000

I found an account of a homeless person who was apparently well-liked in his neighborhood and employed, but he committed the crime of camping on public land, was raided by the police, and disappeared.

Farm Bill

cyberhobo — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:24:59 +0000

I couldn’t say it better than this:

Go to foodbattle.org for more.

Inspiration from the Hobopoet

cyberhobo — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:24:20 +0000

Throwing away his shot a bestseller, the Hobopoet boils his methods down to one succinct, insightful post. Cheers to a pioneer of his own way of life! May we all follow!