In Sudbury, Ontario.
see more – Western Hunter
Thanks Mom.
future hike – Cottonwood, Yukon
I’ve only hiked once before, years ago, out of Kathleen Lake in Kluane National Park. My memories are of distant views of Mt. Logan, alcohol buzz and lower body nudism on the summit of the King’s Throne.
Next time to the Yukon I’ll budget 4 days for this, perhaps the best hike of all in the Park.
The Cottonwood Trail is a difficult alpine route finding adventure that sees more Grizzlies than people.
• 85km (53mi) loop
• 520m (1700ft) elevation gain
Here’s the pretty Kathleen Lake trailhead:
More Cottonwood Trail photos on Webshots.
how to ruin something funny
Bloggers can’t win.
If they say something cryptic, ironic or sarcastic … some reader won’t get it. … There’s a time wasting exchange in the comments.
But here’s what you get if you explain every video, post or story for slow people …
… ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself …
Thanks Jason.
fuel your backpack
A free hotel shuttle bus in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Cute. Hiker’s welcome.
Rocky Mountain lows …
My hiking buddy, Stanley, dragged his non-hiking wife along this year to wonderous Lake O’Hara in the Canadian Rockies.
In her weekly column, Kate bemoans the prospect:
… for many years, Stanley and a bunch of his old buddies met once every summer in the Rockies for long, full days of tromping uphill in flannel shirts, with gigantic backpacks pulling them in the opposite direction. The highlights, such as they were, seemed to consist of glacier-side “boil-ups” of Sapporo Ichiban and beef jerky washed down with Tang around noon.
Night-time in the mountains apparently fell about 6 p.m., at which point they’d mix some Crystal Lite with rotgut vodka, sit around a campfire, and break wind while tallying up the day’s marmot sightings. …
Funny. Read the rest on Kate of Late – Nobody sings about the Rocky Mountain lows
… How did the trip go?
Kate looks … happy.
gear tip – aluminum foil on the Trail
Sierra Trading Post:
In an attempt to educate us on what NOT to do outdoors, Teva’s The Naturist is back for season two of his hilarious web mini-series.
Much to our surprise, he is still alive and in one piece. Gavin McInnes is The Naturist…
… read more on the blog
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
top 10 cakes for hikers
viral video – Yosemite double rainbow
Paul Vasquez, the Double Rainbow guy, is a “professional cagefighter-turned-nature-lover”, the “Yosemitebear Mountain Giant”.
… “People are connecting with it because they feel the spirit in it,” he says. “I feel like Noah, because I’m building what seems like an ark here. I have greenhouses, fruit-trees, and I’m working toward alternative energy. It was probably something like the burning bush that Moses experienced.” …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
National Parks Closed For Annual Remajestification
Don’t you just love, The Onion?
… With their current condition “marginally breathtaking at best,” America’s national parks will be closed this week for their exhaustive annual cleaning and remajestification, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Monday.
“It’s that time of year again when we roll up our sleeves and begin the painstaking task of resplendoring our parks,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said …
read more – National Parks Closed For Annual Remajestification
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… perhaps related:
My flippant proposal to privatize Parks, due to one terrible road sign, resulted in some interesting comments.
fear the Henry Mountains, Utah
These black, bleak peaks looming over 8000ft above the surrounding deserts are out-of-place.
Remote. Barren. Inaccessible.
Nobody lives there, aside from American bison. And that was by forced relocation. Poor beasts.
The Bureau of Land Management do not make regular patrols. Too dangerous, I assume.
… The Henry Mountains were the last mountain range to be added to the map of the 48 contiguous U.S. states (1872), and before their official naming …, sometimes referred to as the “Unknown Mountains.” …
One hiker dared climb, Bob Palin. Read his photo trip report: Hiking Mount Ellen
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