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Bluepeak recommended a terrific site: Chilcotin Mountains Trail System
As a start, check out the fantastic Photo Gallery. Some samples:

Tatlayoko Lake

Lower Taseko Lake

Jamison Creek Valley

Wilderness Mountain
more photos like these - Chilcotin Mountains Trail System Gallery
Here’s the Chilcotin, surprisingly little hiked.

Chilcotin Mountains Trail System - homepage
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I’ve been section hiking it for the past three years. Can I get there once again?
And I’ve got friends planning to honeymoon hike this coming summer.
If you are considering it yourself, check out this great new resource. It’s a virtual JMT hike via photo pages.

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Click through to the start page. And follow […]

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
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Nothing to see here, men.
This post is strictly for female hikers looking for the best gear for outdoor sport.
Boobydoo Sports Bras is a company founded by runners and adventure racers in the U.K.

Boobydoo Sports Bras
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George pointed us to high resolution “wallpaper” outdoors photos. A couple of samples:

Trees amid the waters near Taponas, Rhône region, France - original wallpaper

Glacier de la vallée Blanche au pied de l’aiguille du Midi, massif du Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France - original wallpaper
See them all: Earth from Above.
(It defaults to photos from France. But click […]

Who wants to plan a trip to the Tour of Mont Blanc?

See the rest of this AMAZING photo set by OneEighteen on flickr.
Details on our Tour of Mont Blanc information page.

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Kraig linked to some fantastic pics:
… head over to the National Geographic Adventure website and take a gander at the winners of their “Life’s An Adventure photo contest.
The Adventure Blog
Kraig’s favourite was taken on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
I like this one: Climbing California’s Mount Humphreys

8 winners
5 runner-ups

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(… trying to tie-in a Valentine’s Day theme. Pitiful.)
The “dangers of hiking” are almost always exaggerated in my opinion. Not so the dangers of coastal hiking.
I have a friend who was once caught in a surge channel, lucky to survive.
Uncooped has a good post on the hazards of California coastal hiking including this […]

I must say I do. Though not “natural”, there’s something classic about walking a rotting wooden sidewalk in the wilderness.
Frank in Oz edits the wonderful Our Hiking Blog.
A recent post included some of my photos from a 2007 Overland Track hike in Tasmania. It’s a series of photos showing the wooden boardwalks.

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Tom Mangan, hiking columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, and popular blogger, took me out to one of his favourite hikes.
The forecast was for rain. Tom considered a dozen options for me, finally settling on Mt Tam. Beautiful in any weather. Year round.
First, look at Tom’s trip report and photos from that […]