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22,000-mile hike

Ok … not quite a “hike”. 🙂

… Next month, (Pulitzer winning foreign correspondent Paul) Salopek will begin a seven-year reporting assignment that will take him 22,000 miles (give or take) on foot, from Africa across Asia and the United States, ultimately ending up in Patagonia at the southern tip of South America.

The route Salopek is following is the one anthropologists believe was the first path humans took out of Africa to populate the rest of the world. He’s calling it the Out of Eden, a narrative trek that will examine the current state of the cultures Salopek visits, while also writing about their history and connection to the greater world. …

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How do you pack your bag for a seven-year, 22,000-mile international reporting assignment?

(via Adventure Blog)

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The (almost) Ultimate Arches Loop

… Getting a back-country permit at Arches is strange. They come just shy of discouraging backpacking and it was apparent that they don’t have many people asking for permits. This is likely due to the small size of the park, lack of water, and lots of absolutely pristine soil crusts (they require that you have camp set up by dusk so you don’t risk walking on soils after dark).

I started the trip at Wolfe Ranch and headed north up Salt Creek. I knew generally what route I wanted to take but had zero beta so knew there would be some adjusting on the fly. The first route change happened pretty much immediately. I had planned on going up Salt Creek and doing some exploring in Lost Creek Canyon, but the canyon above Freshwater Spring looked pretty interesting from the bottom so I decided to head up that way. …

read more on Out. Living.

Fantastic photos.

I assume I saw that linked from Hiking in Finland. Where else?

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I want to climb the 300ft spiral staircase

The 300ft spiral staircase has been installed on the wall of the Taihang Mountains in Linzhou to offer the thrill of mountaineering without the danger.

But senior climbers beware – you have to be under 60 to be allowed on the staircase.

Daily Mail

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Thanks Sherry.

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kickstarter – MyKu: Appalachian Trail

I’m Cheryl McCormick and my trail name is Clinker.

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My project will be a compilation of photographs and haiku poetry, all created while backpacking solo, 2,187 miles from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail.

Once I return, the National Center for Nature Photography has agreed to a gallery exhibit of both my photographs and haiku poetry, documenting this endeavor in a creative fashion. I am launching this project on my 63rd birthday, April 5, 2013. …

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Clinker is looking for $10,000 to pull off this adventure.

41 backers have pledged $3,853 as of my post.

Good luck Clinker. Yours’ is the first kickstarter hiking project I’ve seen.

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kids not getting outside

Bad news.

… a new study of nearly 9,000 U.S. children found that almost half of preschool-age kids are not getting outside at least once a day with their parents.

Girls were even less likely to be taken outside than boys, and some families reported not taking their young children outside more than a few times a month. The findings are in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. [Pooja S. Tandon, Chuan Zhou and Dimitri A. Christakis, Frequency of Parent-Supervised Outdoor Play of US Preschool-Aged Children]

Scientific American – Kids Fail To Get Outdoors

Children Spend 56 Days A Year Playing Videogames And Watching TV!