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If I won a million dollars I’d take a tour of the great wilderness lodges of the World.
If I won only a hundred thousand dollars I’d start with a tour of the American lodges.
Here’s the top 10 in the States as selected by Sherman’s Travel:

The Ahwahnee
Big Meadows Lodge
Camp Denali & North Face Lodge
Crater […]

Warren Long saw I was thinking of buying an $800 Alpacka for paddle hiking.
He offered to loan me his $20 raft.

Will a Cheap-O get me across the lake to the trailhead? Sure. In most cases.
I’m not on a 4000mi Pacific coast mega-adventure.
Well played, Warren. I’ll try a cheap raft first before buying […]

UPDATED October 12, 2007
I finally heard back from The Parks Listens Panel Team (Ipsos-Reid) regarding their confusing Parks Canada survey and $1000 contest. The entire email is reprinted in the comments below.
A quick summary for those like me mightily confused:
There are two separate links:
www.join.parkslistens.ca is the official website for individuals who have […]

I tried. I tried.
On White Mountain I tried to persuade wheelchair hiker climber 4WheelBob to buy a kayak.
KayakBob … I like the sound of that.
Yet Bob’s persisting in his dream of ascending the highest mountain in Africa. Bob was quoted on Marion’s blog:

“I’m not a real publicity hound by nature, so my […]

I’ve been wearing Dunham Waffles for most of the past 10 years.
Then Dunham was bought by New Balance. The status of my favourite shoes is now in limbo.
For this season I bought the #1 Trail Shoe as chosen by Outside Magazine from Amazon.
As a back-up, I bought some cheap New Balance® 603 Country […]

Lucas Girardet recommends Kangerlussuaq - Sisimiut, 180km (112mi), as one of the best hikes in the world.

This route is the classic hike in Greenland for the hardened wanderer and others who like challenges.
The route goes through landscapes which vary a lot. From the dry inland at Kangerlussuaq to the rolling ground with the […]

Great photos hiking in the highest mountains in the world.
Here’s a sample:

Chomolhari Trek, Bhutan - more photos
An expensive guided trek to Bhutan would be great. But when will that country finally open to independent hikers?
I’d love to get to Bhutan myself the first year it opens.
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The Get Outdoors blog keeps telling me hiking is in decline. (Numbers down at Yosemite, for example.)
If so, perhaps we need to do more to get kids on to trails as they are doing in New Zealand:

Hut and campsite fees for children and young people aged under 18 will be free from July next year […]

I’m jealous.
Frequent contributor Eu-Jin Goh is just returned from 12 days hiking my personal favourite trek in the World.

… the Huayhuash circuit is the most spectacular extended hike that we’ve done so far.
There were four of us on the hike, Emily Rains, Ray Woo, together with Serene and I.
I had contacted Chris […]

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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