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I subscribe to the excellent Practical Backpacking blog and podcast.
I enjoyed their on-trail interview with Justin Lichter (aka Trauma) & his dog Yoni.
The team is hiking a 10,000mi, 1-year journey. (Eastern Continental Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, & Continental Divide Trail.)
Good dog!

Trauma’s home page sponsored by Granite Gear.
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We just discovered a cool new blog, 6-months-old, devoted to adventure in Waterton National Park. Eight contributors are participating, so far.
Good job guys!
Waterton Scrambling is a model for localized adventure sport blogs.
We have linked to you from our Blogs category (right-hand navigation) and subscribed to your RSS feed.

photo contest winner - Custer - Blair Piggot

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Kelly and Lexi love Waterton National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
They just hiked one of our best hikes in the world — the little known Carthew-Alderson Trail.
And both raved about it.

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This is real adventure. Not for the faint hearted.
Colca is a 5-day trek (difficult & dangerous) over a 5100m (16,732ft) pass. It’s only 60km (37mi) but you will likely need to hire pack animals due to the rugged, remote terrain. And altitude.
Noel Wigdor posted one of the best trip reports we’ve seen in a while.

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Get Outdoors - The Most Incredible Knife: Swiss Army’s 85 Piece Multi-tool - Getoutdoors.com Outdoor Blog

Ridiculous.

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Most PCT thru-hikers will start from Campo on the Mexican border after the annual kickoff party in late April or early May and hike northbound to Manning Provincial Park along the U.S-Canadian border in 5 to 6 months, averaging about 20 miles a day. Some PCT thru-hikers will finish in 4.5 months–starting in mid-May and […]

This Patagonia guided adventure is recommended by South American Explorers. That’s good enough for us.
Sweet itinerary:
Santiago Night Train
Pucon
Pucon
Ensenada
Villa La Angostura
Bariloche
Bariloche
Los Alerces National Park
Los Alerces National Park
Bajo Caracoles
Chalten / Fitz Roy
Chalten / Fitz Roy
Chalten / Fitz Roy
Calafate
Calafate
Torres del Paine Nat’l Park
Torres del Paine Nat’l Park
Torres del Paine Nat’l Park
Punto Arenas

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Field & Stream - Photo Gallery - Make a Survival Kit out of an Altoids Tin

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As reported by South American Explorers:

The Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC) has instituted new rules for the Salkantay trek. Now it is only possible to do this trek with an agency and additionally, they have implemented a new change of 120 soles ($36), therefore expect the price of the trek to increase accordingly. There […]

From August 10th to 12th, Huaraz, Peru played host to the 2nd annual festival of movies about mountain sports and adventure. INKAFEST will then be coming to El Colegio de los Reyes Rojos in Barranco, Lima from the 24th to 26th of August; and Arequipa and Cuzco in September.
For further details check with South […]