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That is the big hazard with a hike through Paria Canyon on the Utah - Arizona border.
Just organizing for Paria, I’m going end of October as there is a lower risk of flash flood.
Yikes!
I just learned that Utah suffered a massive rain storm already this season. Two hikers survived flooding on the Escalante river to […]

We just added the 165mi (266km) Tahoe Rim Trail to our list of the best hikes in the world.
After listening to an excellent “podcast” about the trek from Wildebeat.net, we were convinced it was worthy.
Listen to details on the TRT 25th Anniversary hike:
podcast part 1
podcast part 2
If you do not listen to audiocasts […]

I am looking forward to reading Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bears’ Trail by Heuer.
It looks right up my alley.

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an end-of-the-season post from a park ranger, who has some interesting insights into the changing role of the Park Ranger.
They’ve gone from being naturalists to cops, and they’re more likely to be responding to a domestic dispute at a campground than caring for the park or its inhabitants.
A pet peeve? The people that can’t get […]

This delicious proposal I heard from Russ, the WineHiker (blog).
Sounds brilliant to me. Contact California Wine Hikes if you might be interested in pioneering such a trek.

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Saturday’s hike into the backcountry forced me to ask myself why I don’t do this more often. …
Saturday morning found me loading my pack with a deflated float tube and enough gear to add 32 pounds to my already considerable tonnage. I was clearly looking at some work.
The hike in along the Pacific Crest Trail […]

Ken Powers and his wife Marcia have done all four: Appalachian, Pacific Crest, Continental Divide and — a weak fourth — the American Discovery Trail.

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Having done none of the four myself, I was interested in their answer to this question:
Which trail is the hardest, best, prettiest, most fun?
This is a difficult question to answer. […]

We’ve just added an information page describing 2 Aconcagua treks:
Horcones Valley
Vacas Valley
Aconcagua is known mainly as one of the Seven Summits, a trekking peak for climbers. But we are recommending hiking in the region rather than climbing the peak.
This gets you up close and personal to the mountain without the danger of climbing to 6962m […]

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I was hoping this terrible story would be disproved. Several of the outdoors blogs have been reporting on the rumour.
But a Romanian cameraman got video which seems conclusive. And hundreds of Western climbers and Sherpas witnessed at least one killing.
When I travelled in Tibet in 1997 I often dealt with Chinese military officials, often when […]