Archive for August, 2009
One Man on a Penny Farthing
Blair writes about his recent penny farthing ride down the Cooks River in homage to Jerome K. Jerome’s ‘Three Men in a Boat’, he links his ride to past experiences with dogs on the trail, and experiments with clay-model photos in location.
Flying Frog Discovered in Eastern Himalayas
Results from a decade of research in the Eastern Himalayas.
Travelling Light
It seems that everyone starts out buying a massive pack and filling it up with things we just don’t need for overnight hikes. In this article, David experiments with taking a much smaller pack.
Mount Victoria to Leura
Two walkers kitted out with new packs, hiking poles and gaiters approach from the opposite direction and stop to ask if I’d seen a dog. One of them offers that perhaps it was a fox. “You can smell a fox”, I remark. Their incredulous looks make me wonder for a second whether I had suggested that humans can talk to foxes. Trying to explain myself, I offer: “It’s hard to describe the smell, but you can smell them”. Unconvinced, they smile nervously, abruptly say their goodbyes and head off down the track. This would be my only conversation on the track for the whole weekend.
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