Gadling http://www.gadling.com Gadling http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.gadling.com/media/feedlogo.gif Gadling http://www.gadling.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Pack It Out...All Out on Mt. Whitney]]>http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/26/pack-it-out-all-out-on-mt-whitney/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/26/pack-it-out-all-out-on-mt-whitney/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/26/pack-it-out-all-out-on-mt-whitney/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Here's something interesting:

When hiking Mt. Whitney, you must carry out your own feces. Isn't that just the thing you wanted to know on this quiet, lovely Sunday?

You see, I know this unpleasant-sounding fact, because I am, literally, headed there now. If luck, weather and good health are with me, I will have summited the lower 48's tallest peak by Tuesday afternoon.

It's an exciting prospect, a bit daunting, but I just can't get it out of my mind that I am going to have to carry around my own, well, waste. This is a new mandatory policy at Whitney, one started earlier this year after they removed the last of the miles-high outhouses at the two big camps on the mountain.

According to various posts over at the Whitney site, these outhouses never worked well anyway and they stunk to, ahem, high-heaven. But rather than build fancy new, high-tech outhouses that say, zap your feces with Higgs Bosons and convert them into recycled cups or something, the Forest Service went decidedly low-tech. They said, from now on, people will have to pack it out. Pack it ALL out. And so now at Whitney (like at various other mountains in CA...ie.e Mt. Shasta) you will now have to get your hands on what is called a WAG bag, and inside, dear friends, is where you will collect and store and carry your previous evening's fully digested meal. Isn't nature lovely!?

By the way, if anyone has any advice on doing Whitney, or interesting WAG bag experiences, do share!

Pack It Out...All Out on Mt. Whitney originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This photo almost looks like the photographer, Stormygirl, was a little heavy-handed with the orange color adjustment in Photoshop. Alas, the colors here are apparently real, and make for a wonderfully soothing photo of the Northern California coast. She apparently shot this on the Fourth of July, though it is thankfully bereft of any chintzy fireworks explosions. You might say that the oohs and ahhs you hear are the appreciative sighs from those of us who share her love of the Golden State. Then again, you might not.

Photo of the Day (8/21/2007) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This comes to us from a friend who runs one of my favorite sites on the Web: Newyorkology. Amy Langfield sent us a link to a video as soothing as it is bizarre.

The shots here, slow-mo and grainy, but oddly compelling, were made in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand at 4 am. I'm sure the new-agey music has something to do with it, but I had a hard time pulling my eyes away from this.

Bangkok Airport Video originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I took a lot of guff in the comments section for my light-hearted examination of male-oriented libations. Seems some folks took me a little too seriously. But that's OK, at least we know you're reading. But this time around, I'll stray from making any kind of off-color or otherwise homo-phobic remarks as I bring you a post from sister-site Slashfood on the magic elixir that is the caipirinha.

I once wrote about the glories of ths sweet, but potent drink in a rambling essay on Brazil's Carnaval that you can read here. I count myself among the worst dancers to inhabit the planet, but after a few of these drinks, I became an impossibly-limber, jangly-legged mixture of John Travolta, Samba-master and Napoleon Dynamite. And all the years since, I've kinda wondered how to make one of these fine drinks.

Well, I have to wait no longer as the post here points you directly to a recipe that reveals how easy the caipirinha is to make, even i the word itself is still quite hard to pronounce, let alone spell.

Caipirinha Recipe originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Having spent a god chunk of my life in and around the Seattle area, I confess I was a little surprised to learn about the solid paddling opportunities at a place called SIlver lake near Mt. St. Helens.

Yes, THAT Mt. St. Helens. The one that blew her top way back when on May 18, 1980 (my birthday, btw, for those playing at home). Now when most people think about paddling in the Northwest, they think of drawing strokes through the cool, crisp waters of Puget Sound, or perhaps up by the San Juans. That was me as well, so imagine how pleased I was to find some new waters to try out. This piece in the Seattle Times takes you there. By the way, since we're talking volcanoes, this one might blow soon. Just a heads up.

Paddling Near St. Helens originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I have been to Cuzco, Peru. And I am a photographer. But I am still obscenely jealous that epicxero, and not me, took a photo as lovely as this of the Peruvian city, the gateway to Macchu Picchu. Holy bananas, what a great picture.

Photo of the Day (8/14/2007) originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I have to admit that my first reaction to this shot by Gadling Flickr contributor sarah.and.michael, was "someone got a new macro lens!". As an amateur, very infrequently professional photographer myself, I immediately wanted to go to Ebay and buy myself a new macro lens. Alas, at $400 a pop, though, I think I'll still hold back. And so, in the meantime, I have to content myself with lovely photos like this one, that shows a couple of flower stems in front of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

Photo of the Day (8/12/2007) originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ask any seasoned explorer and he/she will tell you that there are few "big firsts" left to do. Sure, the bottom of the ocean still holds a lot of promise since, as scientists say, some 70 percent of the deep ocean has never been explored. But up on the surface, there are few places man has not trod, and few big accomplishments he has not already made. Well apparently one of these firsts is crossing a stretch of nasty water known as The Ditch. The Ditch stretches between Australia and New Zealand, and according to this site, it has never been crossed in a two-man, human-propelled boat (aka kayak).

In late 2007, James Castrission and Justin Jones will kayak over 1000 miles across the Tasman Sea, from Australia to New Zealand. If they pull it off, it will be the first ever crossing and the longest two man kayak expedition ever undertaken. The pair have loaded up a finely-tuned, state-of-the-art two man kayak that looks more like a pace ship than a boat. They've got GPS and communication devices and have trained intensely for the effort. All the details of their prep can be seen here. Sounds like an amazing, perilous journey. We wish them well.

Crossing the "Ditch" originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Any first-time visit to a city brings a host of potential problems. Among them, especially for the more budget-oriented, is finding a decent hotel to stay in, one that promises a measure of comfort and convenience, as well as cleanliness. Face it, if you look around on the Web for hotels, many of them appear quite different online than they are in person. This has happened to me before, for sure. Online the place looks lovely and well-tended. But when you get there, cockroaches skitter into the shadows and those pearly-white walls you saw on the Web site are soiled with water stains.

Well, if you are heading to Europe any time soon, you might be able to avoid this problem. A new site called tvtrip.com offers video tours of European hotels. The site was created by managers of Expedia Europe, so you can be relatively sure the quality of the site is good. And it is. It is not only well organized, it is good-looking and easy to use.

I clicked through several of the tours and thought that if were were heading to, say, Paris, this could be a very useful research tool. In fact, I imagine that we'll be seeing a lot more sites like this that allow you to check out tourist sights, restaurants and more. If a picture says a thousand words, a video says a million. Give it a look-see to see what I mean.

TVTRIP.com originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's hard to read this list of reasons to love San Diego from Budget Travel without picturing Ron Burgundy pointing at you and saying, "Stay classy San Diego". Or maybe that's just me. It's not that I'm NOT a big fan of California's southern most city. I actually lived there and taught windsurfing a loooong time ago on Mission bay. But taking a look at this list, I realized how much the city has changed since all those moons ago. A few of the classic SD stand-bys are there. Places like the world-class Zoo and Torrey Pines. But there are some lesser-known spots listed like dog beach and the 18,000-square-foot Newport Avenue Antique Center, the latter of which has little appeal to me, but is, I'm sure, a great inspiration to swap meet-o-philes everywhere. Laid-back, but still urban, San Diego makes for a great long weekend if you're in California and is, of course, just a hop skip and an enchilada away from Mexico. The list here provides a solid start if you're heading there looking to explore the city.

Reasons to Love San Diego originally appeared on Gadling on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I spent a long weekend diving and cavorting around Vieques Island off of Puerto Rico a few months ago, and I was very pleased with the experience. I particularly enjoyed swimming at night and paddling in the Bio Bay Reserve there, a small inlet wherein swim gazzillions of luminescent plankton that seem to magically light up around you when you swim in the water. But one thing I noticed about Vieques was how dry and rather barren the island is. Don't know what I was expecting exactly. Maybe just a lot more palm trees.

The recollection of this aridness is what came to mind when I read this finely wrought piece about Guanica Dry Forest, a state forest on Puerto Rico's southwest coast. It is dry there...hence the name. But the author encounters a variety of birds and wildlife that help make the place seem far more exotic than a visit to Puerto Rico. She also comes across the "Guayacan Centenario," a plant older than Columbus. Or older than Columbus would be if here were still alive...in which case he'd likely be very shriveled and green. But I'd still have a beer with him. Anyway, my interest was piqued by this piece and I confess a tremor of regret that I never saw the Guanica Dry Forest during my own trip the PR. Perhaps next time.

Puerto Rico's Guanica Dry Forest originally appeared on Gadling on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Puerto RicoPuertoRicoMon, 06 Aug 2007 13:21:00 EST<![CDATA[Little Lessons for Travel]]>http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/06/little-lessons-for-travel/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/06/little-lessons-for-travel/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/06/little-lessons-for-travel/#commentsI'm a very big fan of the writing of Thomas Swick over at the Florida Sun-Sentinal. The paper is one of those small-town (well, sort of) sheets that has managed to really create and maintain a voice all its own. Or at least, the travel section does ,largely because of Tom Swick. Here's a fine little piece, a page of bite-sized advice nuggets that might come in handy should you be making travel plans in the near future. What caught my eye was the first bite here:

In South America, don't tell people you're from America. -- Why, we wonder? Because THEY are from America, too.

I encountered that exact sentiment when I was living in South America way back when. I caught myself numerous times saying "Back in America" etc., and then getting both nasty looks and admonitions from my friends. But the list of advice doesn't stop there. There are a lot of great little bits here to perhaps print out and commit to memory.

Here are a few others:

In Muslim countries, don't express admiration for Danish cartoonists.

In the South Pacific, don't tell people they live in paradise.

In Cuba, don't say you hope things never change.

In Australia, don't go into a restroom marked "Sheilas" (if you're a man) or into one marked "Blokes" (if you're a woman).

Check it.

Little Lessons for Travel originally appeared on Gadling on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of our frequent contributors to the Gadling Flickr site, bennyjewell, gets today's Photo of the Day honors for ths lovely shot that looks like it came right from the set of the Godfather II. There's no caption here, so I can't say for sure where the photo was taken, but my guess is that it was not Bakersfield. Nicely composed and lovely light, this is a keeper.

Photo of the Day (8/5/2007) originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I'm always a little dubious when someone deigns to tell me what is and what is NOT allowed when it comes to male behavior. I occasionally read magazines like Details and when I come to the "Clothes a man should never wear" articles, I always find a few things from my own closet right there on the page.

Keeping up with what's in style costs too damn much money. Besides, yesterday's faux pas is today's hip new thing. But I do have to agree somewhat with a few of the drinks listed in this fun slide show admonishing males over what should NOT be ordered and consumed among alcoholic beverages.

To wit: anything blended, unless you're on the beach. In other words, fruity drinks with little umbrellas or massive hunks of fruit tipping off of them: a no-no. I buy this. Sugary drinks like Mai Tais are just not very masculine. You're not having dessert for goodness sakes, you're getting hammered with friends! Beer is bitter and wine is sour and scotch packs a punch for a reason. You're supposed to suffer just a small amount for the sinful indulgence of drinking them.

If it's all sugary and yum-yum, you'll drink all the time. And you'll not only become a drunkard, you'll be a fat drunkard from all that sugar. Or so goes my own concocted explanation for why I don't order sugary drinks. Alas, you may find a Pina Colada nice and fulfilling. So go ahead and order one. And have a nice little plate of quiche while you're at it.

10 Drinks Men Should Not Order originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Most travelers know of a little thing called The Lonely Planet Effect. In fact, I spoke with LP's former global editor Don George about this very topic in a podcast way back when. The idea is simple: Guidebooks like Lonely Planet are here to tell you about great places that still have the charm and exoticness of being "undiscovered". But there mere fact they are mentioned in Lonely Planet then discovers them and, potentially, ruins them by making them popular.

And so with this in mind, I hesitate to say much more about California's Channel Islands. Sure, I've written about them before, so the point is kind of moot, but I still feel that bringing to much attention to them is a good way to ruin what is a lovely, near pristine place just off the coast of California. Sigh.

Well, Frommer's has kind of beaten me to the punch here, anyway. Just a few days ago they listed the Channel Islands as their Park of the Week, providing a nicely detailed article on the park. It's actually quite informative. I actually learned a few things such as the fact that the park is home to over 2,000 plants and animals, of which 145 are found nowhere else in the world. That makes them a bit like California's Galapagos.

When I was there one of the things I most enjoyed doing was paddling the massive sea caves around Santa Cruz Island. There's some info about doing that as well as myriad other activities to keep you busy should you decide to make the trip. I highly recommend you do, but be careful about telling all your friends. I'd hate to see the place become California's off-shore Disneyland.

Channel Islands on Frommers originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rock and Roll HOF originally appeared on Gadling on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I go on and on here about how much I love our country's national parks. I don't have a particular fondness for the National Park Service's parent agency, The Department of the Interior (where I worked for two years and which, under the Bush administration has become, according to some, a wretched hive of scum and villainy). But the real people who make the National Park Service run are the rangers, the guys who are on the ground, taking care of the parks and making sure that visitors are both safe and educated about the value of the parks.

Well this may come as a surprise, but lots of other countries have national parks as well. And they have rangers too! Fancy that. And as you might imagine, each of these rangers has a story to tell. And what better way to bring that story to you, dear consumer of visual media, than through a movie.

And so, starting its grand unveiling today a new movie called The Thin Green Line is Out to tell the stories of rangers around the globe. From parks in Africa and Australia to those right here at home, the film is an epic document about how those people on the ground, are taking care of these vital resources. It's an appropriate day to do this, by the way, because today is World Ranger Day, easily Yogi Bear's most favorite day of the year...after World Honey Day, of course. Oh, and National Picnic Basket Day.

So take the time to head to a park this summer, and shake hands with a ranger.

Thin Green Line originally appeared on Gadling on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Travel Adventures]]>http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/travel-adventures/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/travel-adventures/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/travel-adventures/#commentsGive a quick look-see to Traveladventures.org, a site that offers personal "travel impressions" from over 100 countries. The place bills itself as a way to get "Around the World in 80 Clicks", and it provides tons of country information to pretty much anywhere you want to go, along with with short descriptive articles and loads of pictures. Places covered are countries like Dubai and Denmark. Give it a look-see if you're taveling soon.

Travel Adventures originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:13:00 EST<![CDATA[Seinfeld Via Google Maps]]>http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/seinfeld-via-google-maps/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/seinfeld-via-google-maps/http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/01/seinfeld-via-google-maps/#commentsIt pains me to think that there will come a time when people think of Seinfeld the way I now think of, say I Love Lucy. Already, you watch some of those older episodes and the pictures a bit faded, the styles dated and even some of the jokes a bit worn. I don't want Seinfeld to get any older. I want to show to range in my thoughts as fresh as the bread I buy at the local bakery. Having lived in New York for the last (almost) eight years, I feel like Seinfeld and New York are one, and to see the show get old kind of makes me feel old.

All of that is a long preamble to a nice little Google mash up I saw over at Gothamist that refreshes the Seinfeld allure, if just for a moment. The map shows many of the spots in Manhattan where various scenes and episodes took place. Take, for example, Jerry's apartment on 81st and Columbus, where, the map tells us, Jerry actually DID live while here doing stand up. And, of course, the location in mid-town of the infamous Soup Nazi, who has made quite a little business keeping that character alive. So, good stuff for Seinfeld fans and New Yorkers alike.

Seinfeld Via Google Maps originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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File this one into the parental nightmare category. A gentleman named Greg Henry put his seven-year old son on a flight with the expectation that the child would be looked after by the airline. But why would we trust anyone with our children who can't even take care of our suitcase? Herr Henry is probably asking himself that question after the child was apparently "lost" at the airport. The airline actually put a tag on the child identifying him as an unaccompanied minor, but that didn't seem to matter. Now, never mind the questionable judgment of a parent who would send his seven year old on a flight alone, we do have to wonder what the airline did here to "lose" the child. Of course, all turned out well with the kid. He lived and all. But one wonders if there might be a better system available to account for traveling kids.

Luggage Lost? What About Your Child? originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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