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At the end of July my brothers in law and I went on a 3 day hike into the Mason Lake basin via the Ira Spring Trail. We had a blast. This video looks at the fishing on day 1, home made sushi made with fresh cutthroat trout and the …
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Ira Spring Trail (Mason Lake) Video blog pt 1
At the end of July my brothers in law and I went on a 3 day hike into the Mason Lake basin via the Ira Spring Trail. We had a blast and got a lot of it on my Panasonic Lumix point and shoot camera. For the next few posts …
Read More »Trip Review: Boardman lake (kids hike) double report
credit Thamar Alexander Alright, to spice things up, I’ve got two reports of the same trail from different perspectives. I figure it’s time for a bit of variety. Friday, 22nd of July, 2011 Several cars lined the road when we arrived, and another van pulled up as we were strapping …
Read More »Guest Post: What you need to know before climbing Mount Rainier – Maria Rainier
After my own summit attempt at Illimani in Bolivia, the subject of mountaineering training has weighed heavily on my mind. When Maria emailed me offering the results of her research on the subject I couldn’t say no! So, here it goes! Thanks Maria! – Paul What you need to know …
Read More »Day hike in the hills of La Paz, Bolivia – Part 2
A little while ago I set off into the hills behind San Miguel (in La Paz, Bolivia) for a couple hours of hiking. I ended up going farther than I thought (about 7 km) and saw more sights than I was planning to. I went up to la muela del …
Read More »Day hike in the hills of La Paz, Bolivia – Part 1
A little while ago I set off into the hills behind San Miguel (in La Paz, Bolivia) for a couple hours of hiking. The hills around La Paz, Bolivia (10500 feet – 12500 feet) are very water worn like areas of the USA which makes for amazing scenery and steep …
Read More »Trip Report: Valle de las Animas
La Valle de las Animas or the valley of the souls/spirits is a water worn series of canyons that lead up to a plateau that overlooks the city of La Paz (in Bolivia) and provides an incredible view of some of the mountains in Bolivia’s cordillera Real (the most impressive …
Read More »Tips from kids: Bears! How to stay safe on the trail
My kids love learning about animals and the outdoors. We thought we’d teach them a bit about bear safety via books, DVDs and answering their questions. This is what they remembered:
Read More »The return of Bears!… to your campsite
A few weeks ago we looked at what to do when encountering bears on the trail. Now we want to look at keeping a safe, bear free (or bear resistant) campsite. Most of this has to do with food. The biggest attractant of bears is the smell of food/belongings and …
Read More »WHAT GOT ME INTO HIKING – Guest Post by Ray Anderson of TakeaLongHike.com
About a month ago I asked Ray Anderson who runs the blog TakeaLongHike.com to tell his story of how he got into hiking and what advice he could offer for those hoping to do the same. Take it away Ray: WHAT GOT ME INTO HIKING About twenty-five years ago, on a …
Read More »An unsuccessful fishing trip in Sorata, Bolivia
Travelling down a major road strewn with boulders, mudslides and small lagoons should have perhaps served as a warning to us of the success of the trip. but, for some reason, it didn’t deter us. I wanted to get in a few sights and hopefully a bit of sport fishing …
Read More »Looking for Hikes in the USA?
This post will be updated with websites that list hikes in the USA. http://www.wta.org/ hikes, reviews, magazine, interactive trail map for Washington.http://www.cooltrails.com/ Northwest hiking trail reviews.http://http//sectionhiker.com/long-distance-hiking-trails/ Long Distance trails in America (plan a week to several months).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_trails_in_the_United_States The title is kind of obvious. Please comment if you know of other good websites.
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