Tag: trekking
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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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Camino documentary goes to PBS
Director/producer Lydia B. Smith invited us to Portland last week to help celebrate her documentary’s nationwide PBS broadcasts. Lydia, joined by volunteers and a small core staff, worked more than nine years to film, edit and promote “Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago.” The film follows an international cast of pilgrims aged 21 to…
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