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hiking
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]







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