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I’ve really been enjoying this frequently updated blog. Las Vegas is one of the best, least appreciated, hiking destinations in the World.
10 hikers spent part of Thanksgiving Day on top of Shark Boulder in Red Rock Canyon. This was the first group hike to The Shark!

Hiking Las Vegas: Happy Thanksgiving from Shark Boulder

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OTTAWA, Nov. 21 — The Canadian government plans to announce today that it will convert 25.5 million acres of northern woodland into a new national park and wildlife protection areas.
The result will be one of North America’s largest conservation areas, about 11.5 times the size of Yellowstone Park, and ease pressure from the mining and […]

Our old friend, the Whiskey-Jack, is my favourite bird in the Canadian Rockies. Pretty, and brazenly courageous, many days you have at least one at your campsite during breakfast.
This Camp Robber, the Gray Jay, is also known variously as venison-hawk, grease-bird, lumberjack, meat-bird, Canada Jay or even Moose Bird in various parts of it’s […]

By far the best source of information on hiking in Southern California is Modern Hiker.
And just possibly the best trip reports on-line anywhere. Here’s the perfect example post:

A leg-busting ascent to the highest point in Los Angeles County, with a neighboring mountain thrown in for good measure. This is a classic hike through some […]

Circumnavigate the world by bike and boat?
… better them than me.

Simon Evans and Fearghal O’Nuallain are planning an adventure called Revolution Cycle 2009. Team Geared Up has the details.
But I’m always looking for state of the art technology I might use for updating hiking trip report and blogging from the trail.
Here’s what Revolution […]

Blogs are such a PAIN.
Posted in reverse chronological order, often I end up reading a hiking trip report from the finish to the start. It’s confusing.
… finally I saw the light.
Reading Frank — Frank in Oz, one of our favourite sites. (linked in the right hand navigation under Blogs) — I clicked on the […]

When in Chile en route to hike Cerro Castillo and Paine, I made a special trip (ferry ride) to visit Park Pumalin. This is the audacious and controversial project of Douglas Tompkins— to protect the environment by buying it.
I love Park Pumalin and recommend to the many well-intentioned treehuggers out there that you pool […]

A hiker who can speak to power.

During a 30 minute meeting Secretary Kempthorne and Andrew Skurka discussed some of the Secretary’s most important agenda items, most notably getting funding for the National Parks Centennial passed by this Congress, and their shared concerns about Americans’ increasing detachment from the natural world, especially by the […]

One man and his dog, 128 days and 1553mi (2500km), the first person to walk solo and unassisted across the continent of Australia.
Adventurer of the Year Andrew Skurka just completed 6875mi on his Great Western Loop, but I reckon John Muir’s trek across Australia in 2001, on his fourth attempt, was even tougher.
Mainly because […]

I subscribed instantly to Scott Thompson’s new blog called Hiking Trip Reports.
Instantly after they named us one of the “Top Hiking Blogs”. And called us “beautiful”.
Here are Scott’s favourites:
Top Hiking Blogs:
Yosemite Blog

Ubertramp

Two-Heel Drive
Trail Journals

Best Hike

Backcountry Blog

Natural Born Hikers
Best Hiking Blogs | Hiking Trip Reports
Hiking Trip Reports also pointed me to the cool hiking trail sign […]