One of our loyal readers sends in a link for a new camp stove that has a port for charging your mobile phone. We haven’t tested it but the Biolite is worth a look. Still doesn’t answer the question of no cell or wifi service in the backcountry but a reliable lightweight charging source for [...]
New snow
As you know, Spotted Dog Press is located in Bishop, California. The storms that hit most of California barely touched Bishop this weekend, but only 38 miles to the north, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area reports receiving 34.6″ of new snow within the past 72 hours, which means excellent skiing NOW (!) and for the upcoming [...]
Will The Real Mt. Whitney Please Stand Up
14,491’, 14,494′, 14,496′, 14,497.61′, 14,500′, 14,505′ . . . First climbed in 1873, Mt. Whitney’s elevation has been readjusted more than once. By Wynne Benti (Photo: Kathleen Hession) Since our book Climbing Mt. Whitney (Spotted Dog Press) was first published over a half-century ago, Mt. Whitney’s elevation has been readjusted at least three times by [...]
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