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The independent Zion National Park website has added an attractive blog.
This endorsement by Bo for a slot canyon walk caught my eye:

Parunuweap Canyon “is my favorite hike of all times. After hiking just about everything in Zion and nearby and doing this one several times using different ways in and out, I can […]

My mind’s turning increasingly “north” as weather improves here in Canada.
We have such a short hiking season, every day is precious.
Rogier of Bluepeak.net alerted me to Torngat in Labrador, Quebec.
Canadian Geographic of May/June 2007 …
The article includes an online in-depth backgrounder. This is definitely a must-visit park, if one can manage the polar […]

Website editor Rick McCharles is kayak hiking off Bamfield, British Columbia. Back on-line June 21st.

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The best guidebook for Canyonlands was written by Bill Schneider.
Somehow, “Salt Creek” seems to describe a dry, harsh, and unpleasant place when quite the opposite is true. Upper Salt Creek is definitely one of the most delightful places in the Canyonlands region, and it deserves a name like “Paradise Creek”.
Details from our just posted […]

Chris is blogging his trip from Kansas City to the outdoor centre of the universe, California.
He loved Yosemite.

… all I can say is “wow”.
But dear ol’ Jimmy put it much better when he said, “This place is amazing…It’s like your walking in a picture” which is true, cause Yosemite IS the place where all landscape […]

Just so you know, Mountain Hardwear, if you kit me out completely, I’ll be happy to do the PCT and report back on the extended field test.
From the Mountain Hardwear blog:

Our industry professionals have compiled a list of recommended gear which should get you through the Pacific Crest Trail in high spirits. …
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Wicked Outdoorsy - right again:

More and more, I’m beginning to realize that Treehugger is the green-zine equivalent of a politician on the stump.
Regardless of the good intent, regardless of the question, the answer is about an hour too long and meanders down a winding yellow road through fields of poppies.
Oh Toto. My eyes […]

About one in a hundred hikers are evacuated off the WCT on Vancovuer Island in British Colombia. It’s difficult and dangerous.
But this is the strangest WCT evacuation story I’ve heard yet.
Disaster struck the group when they tried to cross a deep surge channel in the sandstone early in the day. …
Peterson’s father, Neil, […]

Selected by Outside Magazine as their “2004 Trip of the Year”.

In November 2000 we were the first company to guide travelers across South Georgia Island, following in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s valiant footsteps. …
The Shackleton Crossing is an outing for the adventurous and historically minded. Shackleton’s traverse of the mountainous island was the culmination of one […]

My favourite hiking author is Chris Townsend. But I’ve not yet read his 1990 solo Yukon adventure, a route never duplicated. Or again attempted.

The next day, I found that walking into this mountain sanctuary was like walking into paradise.
As befits the way of a pilgrim, the going was rough, leading gradually through dense […]