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Two-Heel Drive, A Hiking Blog
http://tommangan.net/twoheeldrive
A blog for hikers, with links and commentary about the experience of hiking, camping and enjoying the wilderness. Updated daily.
Recent Posts
Alas, no hikes to report this weekend
The ugly flu that’s making such a nuisance of itself has visited our little household. I’m not sick but my better half is, and I couldn’t work up much enthusiasm for strolling amid nature’s wonders when one of its bugs is tak...
Mount Mitchell and points north
“It ain’t Mount Tam,” the guy tells me in his distinct Carolina brogue. Seems he’d lived in Sacramento awhile and had dirtied his boots on a few Bay Area trails. I had just clambered through the gnarliest mile in recent memo...
First hike at Linville Gorge Wilderness
Linville Gorge Wilderness is high on all the must-hike lists for the southern Appalachians. The terrain is so ragged and remote that there was never much prospect of cutting down the trees and putting up swanky resorts. It’s all protected wilde...
Need a new pair of snowshoes?
I just finished an article at my day job highlighting all the new ones out this year. You might be amazed that this is all I have to show for the several weeks since I started my new job. Well, writing about groovy new gear is a mere fraction of my...
Gore-Tex advertising enters 21st century
Last week’s Gore-Tex blogger summit offers a compelling illustration of how advertising will happen in the years to come. Here’s what happened: GTX hosted 15 outdoor bloggers for a two-day pow wow designed to do two things: Burnish the co...
Latest hike: Moore’s Knob, Hanging Rock State Park
The great thing about getting lost on the way here three weeks ago and having to turn back: returning when fall colors are going full-blast. This is where your intrepid hiking blogger is forced to admit that he hasn’t done a fall-colors hike i...


Solid info--not a blog with self promotion at heart, but agenuine love of the trails and sharing it with like-minded folks. If you hike, you won't be disappointed by this blog!
Posted: August 4th, 2009 | More Reviews From Ecolux | Report This Comment