simplehiker

SORRY - Out of Invitations
I have recently gained access to Diigo.com which is a social bookmarking & commenting site. It allows you not only to save and share tagged bookmarks but highlight content on the bookmarked sites and share comments on each bookmark.
So for example, you could create a tag for Isle Royle National […]

The Scottish news site scotsman.com reports that of 600 fulmars (a common UK sea bird) which washed up dead on shore 95% of them had ingested plastic with an average of 40 pieces per bird!
The article states that the birds often see the plastic floating in the sea and try and take a bite […]

I have read and heard some crazy long-distance hiker stories of thru-hikes saved by 600mgs of Ibuprofen every 4 hours.  Well there has been a rash of acetaminophen (AKA Tylenol and found in Excedrin) warning articles about the drug frequently being over used and leading to a large amount of liver problems including death by […]

For those people who know me personally, they know I am a coffee snob. But I can make a damn good cup of coffee and try to help my friends rid there pantry of cans of Chock Full of Nuts.

On the other end of the extreme I must share this link to Netherlands Latte Art […]

I have emailed New Balance (my hiking shoe of choice) about which shoes in their product line are cruelty free. I received a great replyfrom customer relations with a list of synthetic materials shoes. The email didpoint out that New Balance gets their glues from a variety of sources, some whichare vegan and some which […]

For all you dog hikers and dog lovers out there ABC News is reporting on a story about how dogs "Laugh". So next time you tredge up a huge switch backed PUD (pointless ups & downs) and you sit on that log gasping for air and the dog looks up with a long loud pant, […]

This is kind of a follow up link to a June 2005 issue of Adventure Sports Magazine which had a great article on the affects and use of caffeine during adventure and endurence events. This was another gem from digg.com.

Caffeine Content of Beverages, Foods, & Medications
technorati tags: caffeine, hiking, simplehiker, adventure_sports, backpacking, […]

Amazon.com has the Garmin eTrex Legend 8 MB GPS with PC Cable now on sale for $119.99 shipped. This same GPS at REI.com $170.00 + Shipping. I would say saving $50 bucks is a pretty good deal. It would make a great gift for any hiker or geocacher, or maybe spoil yourself.
Thank to digg.com for […]