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Deb Haaland, new U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Welcome.

A big change from the Trump appointees who seemed more interested in selling off public lands to rich supporters.

Haaland herself is both a hunter and from a traditional hunting family. In her confirmation hearing, she noted that she’d support hunters as well as outdoor recreation in her time as Secretary.

She will pursue Biden’s 30 By 30 initiative — the goal to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

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1136 mile Ice Age Trail in Winter

Diggins and best friend Emily Ford started December 28th.

Finished 69 days later.

Emily is the only the second person on record to thru hike the Wisconsin trail in winter.

Creative camping was required as campgrounds are closed in winter. And parts of the official Ice Age Trail were closed.

They averaged 16.5 miles / walking day.

IG @emilyontrail

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42 days – Greater Patagonian Trail

I’m hoping to get back to Chile for a big chunk of the GPT in 2022.

Ideally, the 1000km section highlighted here by Martín Hurtado.

Founder of the trail, Jan Dudeck, feels sections GPT01 to GPT22 is the best long section for hikers.

If you want to learn more, download the constantly updated Hikers Manual on Dropbox.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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1,080km WINTER trek across Poland

On January 4, Lukasz Supergan started a 1,080km trek across his native Poland.

Beginning in the Izerskie Mountains, he combined several long trails so that he could hike across the Polish Mountains and end at the Ukrainian border. After 48 days and 16 hours, he reached the Bukowka Pass on the Bieszczady Mountains and finished his crossing. …

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