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Maine

Maine lawmakers: Guns? We don’t need no stinkin’ guns

by Dave Pidgeon on February 25, 2010

Maine lawmakers make the first moves to supersede the new federal law allowing loaded guns in national parks.

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Gripes from a grumpy GPS user

by Dave Pidgeon on February 18, 2010

This GPS user has had enough! Listing some frustrations with GPS devices and software.

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The sound of the American wilderness

by Dave Pidgeon on January 28, 2010

How natural and unnatural sounds impact the debate about whether America has true wilderness.

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We’re the wild ones

by Dave Pidgeon on January 13, 2010

A follow up to Tuesday’s look at whether America has true wilderness, or if wilderness is just a frame of mind.

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Let’s get wild

by Dave Pidgeon on January 12, 2010

Compass Points starts a conversation about whether America has true wilderness, or is it a state of mind?

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A father’s wilderness journey

by Dave Pidgeon on December 28, 2009

Filmmaker Allegra Hyde offers an entertaining and tender story about her father’s first backpacking trip, a rough journey into Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness.

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You choose the next national park

by Dave Pidgeon on December 15, 2009

Your turn. Compass Points invites you to take a poll about where the United States should establish the next natural national park like Yosemite or Denali.

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Farley delivers beautiful places

by davepidgeon on September 16, 2009

If you love national parks and haven’t signed up to watch Tony Farley’s fantastic Beautiful Places in HD podcast on iTunes, c’mon, hop to it. Farley’s camera creates digital images as close to human-eye perfection as I’ve ever seen, and each three- to five-minute podcast has such a serene ambiance, you’d gratefully fall asleep if [...]

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I do: Introducing a spouse to backpacking

by davepidgeon on July 13, 2009

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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Skyscraper canyons

by davepidgeon on July 6, 2009

I’ve written before about the joy of paddling a kayak through a downtown canyon, and National Geographic Adventure a few days ago listed what they believe are the best North American cities to paddle in: San Francisco Chicago Washington, D.C. Pittsburgh Portland, Maine Boston New York City Portland, Oregon Seattle Toronto I’ve written before to [...]

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