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#whywehike

An exercise proposed by Tom Mangan:

Why we hike?

… something off-the-cuff, the first thing that pops into your head, so you don’t have time to over-think it. Give yourself 15 minutes to write it, five minutes to double-check your work, then post.

• health benefits
• relaxation of disconnecting from the world and internet
• beauty of the great outdoors
• hiking is relatively inexpensive
• it’s a fitness hobby I can do into my old age
• travel

I’ve been to 50 nations already. If I live long enough, I just might just get to 50 more.

… Much more eloquent than a bullet list are my hiking photos:

click thumbnails to see the photo set
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climb Mt Reinebriggen, Norway

Dennis Janssen on Quora recommended:

Lofoten, Norway (above polar circle). After climbing Mount Reinebriggen for an hour and a half, you get this view over Reine. One of many amazing day hikes in this region…

How do you get there?

more interesting photos tagged Reinebriggen

… one day I’ll get a backpack full of Krone and head for Norway.

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Manzanita-Ridge Route, California

trip report by site editor Rick McCharles

I did a 6.6mi loop in Montaña de Oro State Park, California near San Luis Obispo.

My variation started up the Manzanita Trail. Visited Hazard Summit. And returned on Ridge Trail.

Here are a few pics of my (sadly) fogged in day hike.

Manzanita trailhead is at Group Horse Camp.

Visibility was not good.

Atop the summit. (1076ft) … In the clouds.

more photos

I’d be happy to recommend this hike. … Except for the long walk back to my car along the coastal road.

Better would be to loop and then backtrack on Manzanita.

I might have enjoyed it more if I’d had gorgeous views over the Pacific.

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Montaña de Oro Bluff Nature Walk

trip report by site editor Rick McCharles

By far the most popular hike in this California State Park …

Montaña de Oro Bluff Nature Walk

Take a pleasant hike along the Bluff Trail for magnificent views and likely looks at a variety of birds, plants and sea life. Binoculars helpful. … Bluff Trailhead, 200 yards south of Visitor Center … . 4.2 mi., 3 hrs return.

SLO State Parks

The highlight for me in March were these ….

The name “Mountain of Gold” comes from the golden wildflowers found in the park.

The trail winds along the coast. Beautiful.

If weather permits, you can get right down on the tidal shelf.

A wonderful walk, easily accessible to all levels of experience.

more photos from my day hike

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Mt. Assiniboine Charity Print for Japan

Spencer Goodwine is auctioning a 11X14 inch Black & White print of Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park.

100% of the proceeds go to the charity of choice (as long as it is related to disaster relief in Japan) of the winning bidder and I will pay for all shipping costs and will ship anywhere in the world.

See a more detailed view of that image.

Spencer:

The print was handmade by myself in a darkroom and printed on Oriental warmtone fiber paper. It was shot while hiking from Vista Lake TH to Mt. Shark through Banff NP and Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park (I joined the Bow Valley Highline, Sunshine/Assinibione, and Bryant Creek in what I’ve dubbed as the “Banff Assiniboine Epic”).

The winning bidder can either make a bid on my flickr page which I will link below, or can email me a bid at sdgoodwine AT gmail.com and I will place the bid on my flickr page on their behalf.

The auction will end this Friday at 8pm Central Time (GMT-6). At that time the highest bidder selects a charity involved with the Japan Disaster relief and donates the winning bid. They make a screen-shot/screen-grab of the donation receipt and email it to me along with the address they want to me to ship the print to.

… I’m still personally in shock at the video we’re seeing from Japan. Numb.

Thanks so much to Spencer for stepping up.

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Torres del Paine: Photo Essay

by Kristin Tennessen and Danny Milks

We discovered why Torres del Paine, Chile is the poster child for Patagonia’s wilderness playground.

See all their wonderful pics on Backpacking Light

I’m debating whether the Paine Circuit should be added to our list of the top 10 hikes in the world.

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around Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre

In a new installment of The road chose me, our hero joins Sonny, a mountaineer from Lithuania, who’s a terrific photographer.

They … “team up for the hiking circuit around the mighty Mt. Fitz Roy (3405m) and equally impressive Cerro Torre” …

Click through for more photos and a brief trip report on their 3-day adventure – Hiking around Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre

Lucky with the weather, or what?

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hiking Jostedalsbreen, Norway

Jostedalsbreen National Park, in the Sognefjord region of central Norway, is home to continental Europe’s largest ice sheet – the Jostedal glacier – which spills over from a high plateau into a succession of dramatic lake-filled valleys and fjords.

Although Jostedalsbreen is a popular tourist destination (you’ll see plenty of tour buses at the best-known spots) the hiking trails in the region – which given the forbidding topography tend to be steep and strenuous – don’t seem to be well-known outside Norway. …

A few good day hikes:

• Climbing the Skala
• Briksdalsbreen
• Storevatnet trail from Briksdalen

… Norway is expensive, …

Prices range from the merely high (hotel rooms, rental cars) to the eyewateringly exorbitant (restaurant meals, alcohol of any kind).

Camping is very popular in Norway (in addition to official campgrounds, you see impromptu campsites in many rural areas) so for a visit on the cheap you might consider taking a tent and buying food in supermarkets.

… read more

That’s all from the excellent site by Phil Armitage, landscape photographer.

Start on his home page.