Monthly Archives: September 2009

Review: Delorme PN-40

Before the company started making GPS devices, Delorme made and published maps. These days the company also makes several models of GPS receivers that according to the slogan, are ‘serious tools’. However, the company hasn’t strayed far from its roots with a multitude of mapping options available.

Review: Magellan Triton 2000

Given the crowded market for a hiking GPS these days, we figured we’d give a few of them a field test. The first model we’re reviewing is the oldest of the group, the Magellan Triton 2000.

Fire in Yosemite National Park

What was intended to be a 91-acre prescribed burn in Yosemite National Park has grown into an almost 5,000-acre wildfire since the burn started last Wednesday. It’s being referred to as the Big Meadow Burn, and is currently threatening many park structures and led to evacuations of Yosemite View Lodge, Old El Portal, and Foresta….