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Home »2017 »December

Month: December 2017

Social Media ethics

Posted onDecember 29, 2017December 29, 2017AuthorPaul Mags14 Comments

An article I recently wrote for TrailGroove Magazine about the ethics of social media. “Obscurity, not secrecy” Read More …

CategoriesMusings, PressTagssocial media, TrailGroove, Wilderness Ethics, Wildness

Review: Finders Keepers by Craig Childs

Posted onDecember 28, 2017May 19, 2022AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A timely look at a book about archeological preservation…or plundering. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsAncestral Pueblo, Ancient Sonorans, books, history

Festivus Hut Trip – 2017

Posted onDecember 27, 2017February 20, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Another holiday spent in the mountains of Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Hut, Colorado, hut trip, winter

On this Winter Solstice

Posted onDecember 21, 2017April 22, 2018AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Let’s celebrate the first day of winter! Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagswinter

2017: The theme was “Transition”

Posted onDecember 20, 2017December 20, 2017AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A look over 2017. A year of transition. A year that started off with too much time being taken from me. And ended with me giving the gift of time to myself. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, PMags NewsTagsbackpacking, hiking, time bank, work life balance, year in review

Gear Review – Aennon USB Rechargeable Headlamp

Posted onDecember 19, 2017October 15, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

An inexpensive workhorse of a headlamp that is rechargeable via USB. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, car camping, gear review, lights

West Texas State Parks

Posted onDecember 18, 2017December 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Enjoying some time in the fantastic state parks of Texas. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsHigh Plains, Llano Estacado, southern tier road trip, Texas, Texas Panhandle

National Parks – Texas Style

Posted onDecember 15, 2017December 16, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Exploring the Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend National Parks. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBig Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, Mexico, southern tier road trip, Texas

Accessibility,wildness,and politics 

Posted onDecember 11, 2017December 11, 2017AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

Does everything have to be accessible? Can’t some places remain wild? Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsWildness

Enchanted by New Mexico

Posted onDecember 10, 2017December 10, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A few days in New Mexico as I made my way to Texas. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCarlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, southern tier road trip, White Sands

The Incredible Shrinking Monuments

Posted onDecember 7, 2017December 8, 2017AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

Some thoughts on the recent announcement about the proposed reduction of National Monuments. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsNational Monuments, Wildness

Phoenix and points south

Posted onDecember 6, 2017June 14, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Some local hikes in Phoenix, a few history pitstops, a quick to jaunt to Saguaro NP, and a visit to the Chiricahua National Monument. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncient Sonorans, Arizona, Chiricahua National Monument, Ft. Bowie, Phoenix, Saguaro National Park, southern tier road trip, Superstitions

Quick Tip: Propane adapter hose for a camp stove

Posted onDecember 3, 2017November 30, 2022AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Want the convenience of propane for camping but not deal with those (mainly) one-use green canisters? Get an adapter hose! Read More …

CategoriesGear, Quick TipsTagscamp stoves, camping, car camping, quick tip, stoves

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