Comments on: 2014 – The year in review https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:38:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-466498 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:14:08 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-466498 In reply to Nick Gatel.

Many people are somewhat familiar with “Cadillac Desert”. A shame more people aren’t familiar with “Wilderness Ethics”. The Watermans were very prescient with today’s issues that are essentially taking away the wildness found in nature. The link if anyone is curious: https://pmags.com/wilderness-ethics-preserving-the-spirit-of-wildness

]]> By: Nick Gatel https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-466413 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:49:46 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-466413 Ah… I wish your most popular posts would have been the “Cadillac Desert” and “Wilderness Ethics” book reviews and that everyone who hasn’t read both will do so.

]]> By: Hiker Box https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-466251 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:56:50 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-466251 In reply to Paul Mags.

Ah you got me, I just re-read the thru-hiker post and you’re right. Just as an aside though the AZT uses the same water report method for section/day users and I would hope that non-thru hikers use the PCT water report as well.

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-466246 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:15:35 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-466246 In reply to Hiker Box.

Snarky side? More like missing the point. 🙂

Nothing to do with how a person hikes..it is more or less just putting one front in front of another no matter how you do it.

However, at the end of a thru-hike, the typical thru-hiker’s general outdoor skills are a lot less honed at the end of a thru-hike. Following a PDF water report is a very specialized skill set that is rather PCT specific, for example.

]]> By: Hiker Box https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-466229 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:32:54 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-466229 Looks like you had a great 2014! Although the snarky side of me noticed one of your top articles was about people wanting you to hike their hike and another was about today’s thru-hikers not hiking the same way you did…

]]> By: Cam "Swami" Honan https://pmags.com/2014-the-year-in-review#comment-465675 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 23:19:52 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6747#comment-465675 Great review, Mags!

The “Thru-Hikers: Specialized outdoors knowledge” article was my favourite. As a veteran Timex user of similar vintage to yourself, I also enjoyed the “Indiglo Watch” post.

Look forward to catching up again in 2015………..as soon as I stop having those bushwhacking/blowdown flashbacks from our Mt.Evans trip.;)

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