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A few pics from my hike today with Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive.
We headed across the Golden Gate Bridge en route to Point Bonita Lighthouse, touted in my guidebook the “most sensational easy hike in the Bay area”.
Tom concurred.

It’s only open a few hours each day, access blocked by a locked tunnel. […]

I like the route Lonely Planet Hiking Hawaii recommends for Alakai Swamp:
Kalalau Lookout trailhead > Phea Lookout > Kilohana Lookout. And back.
That’s maximum bang / mile, I think.
It’s a brilliant hike, too, by the way. Don’t be deterred by the name “Swamp”.

OK, it’s a swamp. But it’s so weird and unexpected after […]

The Maha’ulepu Coast.
As the last accessible undeveloped coastline on the south shore of Kauai, Maha`ulepu is a quiet retreat, a place to get away from the crowds at popular resort beaches. …
The area is also a remote retreat for resident and visitor alike to be awed and inspired by its beauty and rich past. The […]

One of the great coastal walks of the world is Long Beach on Vancouver Island. I try to get out there at least once every year.
It’s the gorgeous section of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve between Tofino and Ucluelet.

What do you think?

larger original - flickr
more amazing photos of this wonderland by Bravewest
My […]

I thought the world’s smartest bears were in the Sierra Nevada, California.
But check out these bear auto-wreckers:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Get Outdoors blog)

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Outdoorsies can get schooled by a new film being released Feb 1st.
(I don’t think it’s by National Geographic, though.)
Click PLAY or watch the Strange Wilderness trailer on YouTube.

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Worried about global warming vis-à-vis our polar friends?
They’ll simply find a new source of food if they can’t get to the seals.

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I only recently grasped the fact there are bears in the European Alps.
Now I learn they are disappearing:
What — or who — is behind the mysterious disappearance of 20-25 Austrian bears? While that number may seem small, it in fact represents four fifths of the bear population that makes its living in the forests […]

And moose?
Where have I been hiking all my life?
From Laplandica.com:

I followed the incident with my binoculars. The bear was getting closer and closer as they both came downhill and closer to the river bank and brush across from me. As the moose entered into the brush, the bear was right behind her. The brush slowed […]

Does Rocky Thompson make this stuff up?
(This can’t be for real.)
On his blog:

… Try to remember there’s an electrified fence right outside your tent when you get up in the middle of the night to take a piss. If a can of Bear Spray doesn’t offer the protection you’re looking for, then you might try […]