Tag: backpacking
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John Muir Trail: Mules, Meals & Camp Life
*Click on the title above to activate the slideshows below In choosing to walk the John Muir Trail with the support of a mule team and packers, we realized far more benefits were more than we could have hoped for. While we still walked every knee-busting mile of the trail, our backpacks were reduced to…
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John Muir Trail: Over the river and into the woods
*Click on title above to activate slide show below. Crossing Wallace Creek and climbing 1,000 feet to the Bighorn Plateau eventually brought us to one of our more unique and out-of-the-way campgrounds near Tyndall Creek. The day was hot with long shadeless stretches that were especially tiring for all who had summited Mt. Whitney the…
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John Muir Trail: Scenery galore
*Click on title above to activate slide show below We entered Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks area, covering 20 miles in 2 days to reach Guitar Lake where we spent 2 nights. The trail eventually led us along Rock Creek where our second campsite was located. The next morning we had just over 3,000…
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South West Coast Path: How Was It?
Sue and I packed British sun and optimism when we began our trek in Minehead on the South West Coast Path on September 8. More than three weeks and 200 miles later, fierce winds and horizontal rain could not keep us from our finish at Land’s End. Back home in Ashland, Oregon, still packing jet…
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A Most Unusual End to a Tough Day
After a grueling trekking day of steep, slippery ups and downs punctuated by more than 1,370 stairs, we found our accommodation in Clovelly after a walk down a cobblestone way too steep for vehicles. How do they get supplies to the pub where we are about to have dinner? They slide them on sledges. And…
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South West Coast Path: So Many Stairs
Sue climbs a flight of the 30,000 stairs on England’s South West Coast Path. No, I did not add a zero. But I am adding as we walk. So far, 2,159 stairs in five days, 64 miles, and 13,200 feet of ascent. But this is not a story best told by the numbers.
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A Cure for Post-Super Bowl Blues
Looking for a path away from the post-Super Bowl blues? Check out our short slide show from the Tour du Mont Blanc.
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