favorite – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:31:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg favorite – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Some small, good things. https://pmags.com/some-small-good-things https://pmags.com/some-small-good-things#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:34:00 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=43220 Some small, good things.

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What is a professional outdoors person? Who knows for sure. But I am an avowed amateur. Post Script for 2026 Read More ...

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A recent social media post made me think about shorter hikes and how they add up to a collective whole; much like a collection of well-crafted short stories. Read More ...

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Some thoughts on maps, miles, and giving people the tools to see what they want to see. Read More ...

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We celebrate not the trail, but the wild places it passes through. - Ray Jardine, PACIFIC CREST TRAIL HIKER’S HANDBOOK, 1996 Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/celebrating-the-wild-places/feed 4 7975 Times are a changin’ – Walking in time of weather extremes https://pmags.com/times-are-a-changin-walking-in-time-of-weather-extremes https://pmags.com/times-are-a-changin-walking-in-time-of-weather-extremes#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:00:02 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18105 Times are a changin’ – Walking in time of weather extremes

Call it climate change, weather events, cycles, or bad juju. But there are more fires, swings in snow levels, droughts, closures, etc. Some thoughts. Updated July 2025 Read More ...

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How to Camp by John M. Gould was written 150 years ago. But it still has some practical advice applicable for any outdoors person today. Read More ...

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What got directed as an insult months ago seems less an insult and more of an aspirational idea worth striving for. Read More ...

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Thoughts on why images are not vandalism. And reasons why people are calling them images rather than "rock art" as well. Read More ...

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