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Wallpaper Wednesday: Redwoods

by steve casimiro on April 4, 2012 · 3 comments

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This week’s free wallpaper of foggy walk through through the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Northern California is provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. Photo by moi. Enjoy! 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200

Grand Canyon Child Abuser Is Convicted in Arizona

by michael frank on March 30, 2012 · 0 comments

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Last August a grandfather took his three grandchildren on a hike in the Grand Canyon. They descended Bright Angel Trail, above, to the Colorado River and back in a day. A 20-mile hike. It was August, remember, and temperatures in the shade reached 107. And the grandfather, Christopher Carlson, has now been found guilty in [...]

How to Lose 90 Pounds and Grow a Grizzly Adams Beard in 3 Minutes

by steve casimiro on February 7, 2012 · 6 comments

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Kolby Kirk, a.k.a Condor, hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, losing 90 pounds in the process and gaining this awesome three-minute study of his face in time. Have you seen it? It’s a terrific way of compressing five months of hiking, with humor, beauty, and a pretty sweet beard. Condor says to keep an eye out [...]

Yosemite Wants to Cut Half Dome Permits by 25%

by michael frank on January 30, 2012 · 2 comments

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With an eye on improving the safety of hikers heading to the top of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park officials are proposing to reduce the number of daily permits from 400 to 300, according to a proposed management plan. The Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan, now open for public review through March 15, says limiting [...]

Links We Like, January 3, 2012

by michael frank on January 3, 2012 · 0 comments

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TWO OF NEPAL’S MOST PROMINENT SHERPAS ARE OFF ON A DIFFERENT SORT OF ALPINE ADVENTURE STARTING January 15, when Apa Sherpa, who holds the world record of summiting Mount Everest 21 times and Dawa Steven Sherpa, who has reached the peak twice, will take part in a marathon walkathon starting in Ghunsa in eastern Nepal [...]

Links We Like, December 23, 2011

by michael frank on December 23, 2011 · 0 comments

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IN SANTA CRUZ, A FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE LOCAL SIERRA CLUB chapter shows a deeper rift between the interests of mountain bikers and other environmental advocates. At issue is whether several mountain bikers who are running for seats on the chapter should even be considered — there’s some debate about whether they care about [...]

Declination: Pacific Crest Trail Journals

by jeff thrope cold splinters on December 6, 2011 · 3 comments

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After being laid off from his job in April 2011, Kolby Kirk (The Hike Guy) decided he would attempt to complete as much as he could of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. Starting at the Mexican border near Campo, California, he walked for 159 days and nearly 1,700 miles. In that time, Kolby wrote 850 [...]

Fall Peaks: The Best Autumn Escapes — Sedona, Arizona

People who should know better speak of Sedona’s power vortexes with straight faces, so I figured, what the hell, I’ll play along. Of course, the idea that this Arizona town has been blessed with nodes where the earth’s energy bubbles to the surface seemed to be, um, nutbags, but I kept my mouth shut. With [...]

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Are You That Guy Who Always Hikes Ahead of Your Friends?

My friend Greg had hit the wall about four miles from the top of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and every time I looked back, he was a few more feet behind. Greg is a trail runner, but had been sitting at sea level for all but the last 21 hours and had [...]

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Fresh Goods: Hyperlite Windrider Ultralight Backpack

A few months ago, while visiting the guys from Outlier at their Brooklyn headquarters, I noticed a bright white backpack poking out from under a desk. It was my introduction to Hyperlite Mountain Gear, the brainchild of Mike St. Pierre, who has been making ultralight packs and shelters out of his small Biddeford, Maine, factory for the last [...]

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‘Made In Iceland’ Chronicles One Woman’s Beautiful Month-Long Hike

So maybe all of a sudden we’re in a golden age of hiking films. Last summer, Klara Harden spent 25 days hiking through Iceland by herself. In a feat of impressive accomplishment, she shot her trek and edited into this beautiful, moody little film. “Made in Iceland” is one long 15-minute kiss to this island [...]

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The Muir Project Makes Hiking and Backpacking Look Cool

Hiking is one of the most boring activities in the world to watch. Meditation might edge it out, but beyond that it’s difficult to think of too many pursuits that are so fun yet so deathly dull to view. And photographing it? Yikes. Trust me on this one: I’ve done more hiking photo shoots than [...]

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Fall Peaks: The Best Autumn Escapes — Asheville, North Carolina

Few places in the country are as transformed by fall than the Southeast. The hardwoods are a riot of color, of course, but more than that the annoyances of summer shrink to almost nothing. The bugs are gone, poison ivy isn’t ever present, and the humidity has fled for more southern climes. The mountains are [...]

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Fall Peaks: The Best Autumn Escapes — Ketchum, Idaho

Despite its legacy as “America’s first destination ski resort,” the best time to visit Ketchum/Sun Valley might be right now, as the leaves drop in the cool afternoon breezes. As good as the skiing is, the Ketchum mountain biking is better. And so’s the fishing. And the backcountry. Towering granite spires surround an island of [...]

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Colorado Hikers and Bikers Under Attack from Sheep Dogs

Across Colorado, hikers and mountain bikers have been attacked, mauled, threatened, and harassed by sheep dogs — an unintended consequence of a law that makes it more difficult for the state’s sheep herders to trap, poison, or shoot wolves and coyotes. From as far north as Vail and as far south as Durango and Cortez, [...]

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