history – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg history – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 A sorta history of modern ultralight backpacking https://pmags.com/a-sorta-history-of-modern-ultralight-backpacking https://pmags.com/a-sorta-history-of-modern-ultralight-backpacking#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:34:01 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=24238 A sorta history of modern ultralight backpacking

Lightweight or even "ultra-lightweight" backpacking is nothing new of course. But when did the term as we now know it come about? Read More ...

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

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Where The Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen is a book that is a bit of Cadillac Desert crossed with Ian Frazier's Great Plains. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/review-where-the-water-goes/feed 0 16421 On The Trail: A History of American Hiking https://pmags.com/on-the-trail-a-history-of-american-hiking https://pmags.com/on-the-trail-a-history-of-american-hiking#comments Wed, 10 May 2017 18:41:42 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=14320 On The Trail: A History of American Hiking

A review of On The Trail: A History of American Hiking by Silas Chamberlin. Read More ...

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Some miscellaneous thoughts on what we seem to value in our culture. Read More ...

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If you enjoyed the movie The Revenant, and live in Colorado, much of the fur trade history took place very close to where we live. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/the-revenant-fur-trade-and-colorado-history/feed 0 10188 James A. Michener’s “Centennial” https://pmags.com/james-a-micheners-centennial https://pmags.com/james-a-micheners-centennial#comments Fri, 22 May 2015 22:06:57 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=7470 James A. Michener’s “Centennial”

An overview of the historical fiction classic that takes places in the northeast of Colorado. Read More ...

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