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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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Marital Blitz: The Perils of Traveling While Married

by Dave Pidgeon on February 4, 2010

The wife and I are trying to plan a trip together. And the stress could kill us.

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TRAIL TUNES: Imploring the winter gods

by Dave Pidgeon on January 7, 2010

The nation’s caught in a deep freeze to start 2010, which inspires today’s TRAIL TUNES.

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Christmas gifts for the adventurer

by Dave Pidgeon on December 11, 2009

We have a list of great Christmas gift ideas for the adventurer at home.

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Find our way, again

by Dave Pidgeon on December 10, 2009

National Geographic Adventure in its last issue left a guiding legacy for the adventure publishing industry.

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Giving Ohio a shout out

by davepidgeon on June 25, 2009

As tempting as it would be to update Compass Points with another item about Gov. Mark “Juan Peron” Sanford – and it is tempting after laughing all night reading those steamy middle-school-quality e-mails to his mistress in Argentina – I’m turning my focus back to actual wilderness trails.           Backpacker released [...]

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A Mount Washington brotherhood

by davepidgeon on January 28, 2009

What is it about the articles at the back of an issue of National Geographic? I often find those to be the most interesting pieces as oppose to the main features highlighted by the cover. You know the articles I’m talking about here. They start on like page 100 with some but not much fanfare. [...]

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