It’s easier than you think to get lost in the wilderness. In fact, people often get lost on short trips when they didn’t plan for a big excursion. This, of course, can be the worst time to get lost because you probably don’t have many supplies with you like you might have on an overnight [...]
Archive for April, 2010
April 28th, 2010
Obamas Go Hiking
Early last week the Obama family visited the Asheville, NC section of the Blue Ridge Parkway and went for a hike. Being a family that values fitness it only makes sense that hiking would be an important activity for them. Image coming off a several day hike only to meet the first family. I wonder [...]
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Tags: asheville, blue ridge parkway, first family, hike, hiking, nc, North Carolina, obamas 
No Comments »April 22nd, 2010
Earth Day as a Hiker
What Earth Day means to me as a hiker and why it’s becoming more and more important.
April 13th, 2010
Damascus, Virginia :: Trail Town USA
Recently Damascus, Virginia found its way in front of me several times so I think it’s appropriate to showcase this friendly little town that helps thru-hikers on the AT. Even if you’re not thru hiking this is a great little town to visit and support. They’ve helped hikers so let’s return the love to them [...]
Posted in Appalachian Trail Tags: Appalachian Trail, Damascus, hiking, thru hiking, trail town, Virginia No Comments »April 9th, 2010
Hiking Tip
Here’s a hiking tip for this wonderful Friday: Always let someone know where you’re going and when you’ll be back. If you’re like me you don’t like people keeping up with you and love the freedom of coming and going as you please, but for our own safety it’s worth telling someone. If you don’t [...]
April 7th, 2010
Looking for a Gift for Your Favorite Hiker? Consider Handmade Hiking Sticks
If you’re looking for hiking gifts consider custom made hiking sticks. Wood artist Clay Perry resides in rural Georgia and is the owner of Crickhollow Studios where he spends his time creating unique works of art, one of which is beautiful hiking sticks. In a time when hikers have access to dozens of machine made [...]
Posted in Hiking Fun Tags: gift, gifts, handmade, hiking, hiking gifts, hiking sticks, walking sticks No Comments »April 5th, 2010
Do Something for the Environment & Enter to Win a Trip
Pledge to do something simple to help the environment this Earth Day and enter to win a trip to Hawaii from the Sierra Club. Visit Green Pledge page and what you will do and then enter to win. You can see how green each state is on the featured visual and get your local friends [...]
Posted in Environment Tags: earth day contest, how green is your state, Sierra Club, sweepstakes No Comments »April 2nd, 2010
Hiking with Jimmy Buffett
Everyone is familiar with the line “I’ve got my Hush Puppies on; I guess I was never meant for glitter rock and roll” from Jimmy Buffett’s 1974 song “Come Monday”. It’s a great line in music history, but there was also another version (what I believe to be the original version) that went “I’ve got [...]