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Ricketts Glen State Park

Compass Points TV: Fall for Ricketts Glen

by Dave Pidgeon on March 3, 2010

Compass Points TV debuts with an inspiring day hike to Ricketts Glen, a Pennsylvania state park with nearly two dozen beautiful waterfalls.

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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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Mountain Hardwear gets Mercurial

by Dave Pidgeon on January 8, 2010

I never thought it would happen. I never thought I would leave my old four-way stretch, ultra-light EMS soft shell behind. We’d been together for three years, and every October through March, we were the best of friends. Then I met Mercurial, a soft shell from Mountain Hardwear. At first it nudged, then bullied its [...]

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Let the cameras roll

by Dave Pidgeon on December 28, 2009

A new year is ready to dawn, and for readers, followers and fans of Compass Points – Pointers, as I like to say – what a year 2010 has to the potential to be. One highlight to look forward to is the launch of Compass Points TV: The Second Season. The people who bring you Compass [...]

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Winter creeps in

by davepidgeon on November 6, 2009

Feel the chill comin’?

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DAY TRIPPER: Ricketts Glen State Park

by davepidgeon on November 5, 2009

Twenty-one waterfalls, just seven miles of hiking … Can a backpacker ask for more?

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Mother nature's freezer

by davepidgeon on February 9, 2009

We in the mid-Atlantic reached 50 wonderful degrees this weekend, teasing us with April-like temperatures. But in early February, while my mind’s seduced by the ideas of the wilderness in spring, I’m not quite ready to give up on a winter experience. At this point, I want just one more ski trip or one more [...]

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New photo albums

by davepidgeon on October 21, 2008

  As in writing, sometimes a second draft of a Web site turns out better than the first. Sometimes? I mean all the time. I’ve taken down some old albums and posted new ones at my Web site which are more focused on certain locales like Arizona and Ricketts Glen State Park, Pa. You can [...]

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