The wife and I are trying to plan a trip together. And the stress could kill us.
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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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Cycling long distances just seems like a kickass way to see the world. I’ve been convinced of this after watching riders complete the City-To-Shore marathon in southern New Jersey and reading author Mark Jenkins’ “Off the Map” about the attempt to cross the Soviet Union on peddles, chains and two wheels. While I don’t currently [...]
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Via Steve Howe, Backpacker’s Rocky Mountain Editor, we learn writer Mark Jenkins, one of my favorite, narrowly survived a recent avalanche that tragically killed his climbing partner and friend, Keith Spencer. My condolences go out to the Spencer family, but I am grateful for Jenkins’ survival, which can be read about in Howe’s blog entry. [...]
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Oh, how I do love Mac’s. New podcast is up at www.davepidgeon.net with the focus on a not-so-frequently visited Celtic ruin in Ireland. The vid is a little amateurish, but hey, I beg your forgiveness since it’s just the second one, and I’m working with some basic equipment here. Lot’s of other stuff to [...]
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I want the book. That was my reaction after reading Erik Hansen’s all-too-short of a story about his attempt to cross the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, published in Outside. He was obviously under a word limit, which Hansen handled fabulously enough to entice me to ask for more. And if there was ever a writer [...]
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