Your mind needs to get in shape to help you get in shape.
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Costa Rica
The wife and I are trying to plan a trip together. And the stress could kill us.
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I’m no sailor. Wish I was. Born cursed with land legs and a stomach that doesn’t like waves, I get in a boat on even the most tranquil of lakes and find myself draped over the side trying to keep lunch down. I am, however, subject to the trade winds in my mind. When the [...]
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Costa Rican vacations aren’t for sissies. Put your boots and leg muscles to a stern test by ascending Cerro Chato, a dormant volcano with a stunning crater lake the color of emeralds in the sun.
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Hey, Pointers, nice to see you, again. How have the trails been? Nab any foliage photos recently? I have to confess: I have not been on the trail since my trip to Slide Mountain Wilderness in the Catskills back in September, but I have plenty of good reasons. My wife and I bought our first [...]
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Few moments in the life of a backpacker present more peril than when you introduce a girlfriend/wife to your beloved sport. I’ve a few stories about this, which seem hilarious to me now … not so funny to Alison, my wife. I’ve dragged her to the holy mountain in Ireland to the desert surrounding Phoenix [...]
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“You’re not suppose to have a tan when you go on your honeymoon,” a Lancaster city politico told me the other day when he saw the healthy hue of my arms and face. I won’t get into what he was suggesting my wife, Alison, and I should have been up to while spending 10 days [...]
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Two cups of coffee steam at a shop in Costa Rica. The door of the van slid open with a rumble. I removed the hat that covered my face and was greeted by blinding afternoon light and the sweating mustachioed face of Crazy Joe. I spilled out of Crazy Joe’s van into a dusty gravel [...]
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I turned my head to investigate what was happening behind me. Alison, who just five days prior had sparkled in her wedding dress, wasn’t where she should have been. Her seat in our inflatable raft was unoccupied. I craned my neck to look into the churning river. She wasn’t there, either. The raft was slipping [...]
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You too can YouTube! Compass Points today makes its debut on the YouTube network with “CompassPointsTV.” I’ve posted the two most recent field podcasts – the Delaware Water Gap Challenge and the recent hike up to Cerro Chato in Costa Rica – and plan to broadcast more video in the future. Hit the “HQ” button [...]
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