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Nootka Trail 2011

Nootka on the northleft of Vancouver Island is like the West Coast Trail. But unofficial. And wilder.

Esperanza Ministries does a youth adventure program every year for 3 weeks (one week hiking the Nootka Trail, another week camping at Ferrier Point and another week canoeing back to Esperanza).

Click PLAY or watch 2011 highlights on YouTube. Both hilarious and inspiring.

I’m looking at the North Coast Trail, another WCT alternative, sometime last 2wks of August.

Esperanza.ca is their website. A good source of information for your own trip to wild Nootka island.

Thanks to the Boy family for the link.

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How to Climb a Mountain

Hikers often feel looked down upon by ‘mountaineers‘. … But secretly we call them egotistical masochists.

They couldn’t be all that smart. 🙂

Why suffer freezing in a tent near the summit when they could be enjoying themselves (with us) down round the base of the mountain?

… for those thick-headed stubborn alpinists, here’s an important article from The Content Farm — How to Climb a Mountain

Thank Bernie Thornton for the link.

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1700mi 90lbs lost in 3min

I’ve been following Kolby Kirk — the Hike Guy — for some years. This is his best work yet.

Recorded on the Pacific Crest Trail during the 2011 thu-hiking season. 159 days, 1,700 miles hiked, and ninety pounds lost. Make sure you watch it all the way to the end.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

I’m thinking to do a week or two on the PCT in 2012. I’ll need Kolby’s top 5 PCT NECESSITIES.

(via BuzzFeed)