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Two-Heel Drive, A Hiking Blog

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.

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  • Alas, no hikes to report this weekend

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 22:30 in tom's travels

    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

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 10:23 in mount mitchell state park

    “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

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 11:41 in 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?

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 20:36 in gear

    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

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 20:20 in blogs

    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

    Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 22:08 in 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...

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This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Ecolux

4 stars Pure Wonder

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

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