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For the record, this blog decries what some are calling the Bikini Wars.
Trash talking blog posts used as an excuse to highlight photos of pretty girls with fish.
Indeed, I concur with Trout Underground that those bloggers are merely “traffic-hungry smut peddlers”.
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My hiking buddy (Shasta, CA), Wally the Wonderdog, took a severe fall on the ice fields of Mt. Eddy, California.
The Wonderdog hit the ice and rocketed straight down for several hundred feet, gathering speed the whole way. Unfortunately, at the bottom of the ice field lay a steep rockfield, which he hit at full […]

One day soon you may be able to hike to Shipton’s Arch, the world’s highest. Almost as high as the Empire State Building at 366m (1200ft).
This wonder of the world was rediscovered in 2000 when National Geographic published Journey to Shipton’s Lost Arch.

It’s also known as also known as Pierced Rock (Uyghur) and Hole in […]

One of National Geographic’s World’s Best New Adventures, this is a dream trip for a hiker / mountaineer / skier.

The legendary Ptarmigan Traverse begins at Cascade Pass in the shadow of North Cascades National Park’s 8,065-foot (2,458-meter) Johannesburg Mountain and traces nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) of the Cascades Crest, cutting across ridges and […]

bodiak filmed a pumpfight between his Pur filter and his hiking buddy’s MSR.
The MSR won.
Just for fun click PLAY or watch the video on YouTube.

When Katadyn (Pur) saw this clip they sent bodiak a free Guide Pro, their fastest pump, for a rematch. (Yet to be filmed)
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Seemed I could jump down on top of the tourist boat on the river below.

En route to Paria Canyon, I took the short walk from highway US89 to dangle my feet off the cliffs of Horseshoe Bend, surely one of the most incredible vistas in the world.
This oxbow in the Colorado River is just […]

I love the Colorado Plateau in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. It’s arguably the best hiking region in the world.
The Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant on the doorstep of Page, Arizona. The three 236m chimneys loom over the “most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest” — Antelope […]

On my one shot at Taranaki, we were turned back due to weather. Later in the day it cleared up completely. Timing is everything in New Zealand.
We tried climbing the distinct volcano.
Perhaps we should have done instead the hike around the mountain. Mountain Zone published a good trip report article:

The mountain is perfect—a beautiful […]

I’d just switched from a 2.5cm Therm-a-rest to a 7cm thick ExPed — then saw the AeroBed Sport All Terrain Raised Bed - Full Size. That’s 48cm (19in) of dream cushion!
Nah, it’s too decadent even for me.

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A great inspiration to me personally, author Eric Newby led a grand adventurous life.
tribute by the BBC
On World Hum’s list of the top 30 travel books of all time, Newby’s “A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush ranked No. 17.
It is a brilliant book. I often reflect back on his hillarious account of crossing […]