The Cow Palace in San Francisco on the morning of the opening ceremonies of Aids Lifecycle 6 was alive with the sounds of 2,300 energized cyclists cheering triumphantly after it was announced we had raised over eleven million dollars to fight AIDS.
Saturday's hike to the summit of Iron Mountain was my first with Perfect Pace, and it was a memorable experience.
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Another Kampout has come and gone. This year’s event had about 130 people in attendance.
Whether you're looking to surf in southern California, to sunbathe nude off-the-beaten-path in Hawaii, or enjoy the quiet side of Florida's Gulf Coast, these 10 great gay American Beaches will get you there.
The hike was held on Saturday, September 29, 2007 and we had a total of six individuals who joined us...three Steve's, two Mike's and a Marcus. It was a beautiful fall day in the lower 60's. It started out a little on the cloudy side, but cleared up as the day went on. Originally this hike was posted as an up and back to the two 4000' peaks, but was modified into a loop hike based on a suggestion from Mike B.
We'd run through Windy Pass more than an hour ago on this 28-mile circumnavigation of Mount St. Helens via the Loowit Trail (link to sidebar). The only thing we'd found to be "mostly downhill" since the Pass was our spirits. By 5:30 p.m. on this late July afternoon, when we found ourselves yo-yo-ing up and down gorge after gorge, we had been running, speed hiking and scrambling for over 9 hours.
The trails of the Northeast punish your knees. Unyielding rock slabs, plummeting descents, and thudding drops over refrigerator-sized boulders combine to induce Richter-scale compression on this precious joint. Aftershocks of soreness, stiffness, and downright pain can linger for days. Over time, this abuse can wear down your knees, paving the way for the development of arthritis.
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Five hearty trail tenders braved oppressive heat to build cairns, paint blazes and clip back encroaching vegetation on the Smarts Brook Trail in Waterville Valley, NH. GayOutdoors is supporting volunteer trail work on this trail through the White Mountains National Forest adopt-a-trail program.
I watched one of those old British movies the other night, ‘Carry on Camping’. Although that’s obviously a play on words too, it did remind me of years gone by when I used to go camping. It was all cold water and very basic amenities then and it got me wondering what it would be like to go camping now. Are there specific gay campsites around the world? Where do I start if I wanted to go on a gay camping holiday? As usual when I don’t know what to do I started with a search engine search.
The Pacific Northwest offers some of the finest kayaking destinations in the U.S. and fall is the perfect time to get out on the water.
In the past, guys usually explored either the west coast, which faces the Andaman Sea (including Krabi, Phuket, and the Similan Islands), or the east coast, which faces the Gulf of Thailand (including Ko Samui, Ko Phangan, and Ko Tao) separately.
The Tiburon Loop bike ride is one of the most popular rides in the San Francisco area, pleasant and rolling, with very little traffic once you pass through downtown Tiburon. You can also take the ferry back from Tiburon to San Francisco, which many cyclists do on this route. The ride features maybe the craziest descent in the area, on Conzelman Road. Civilization level is high, and traffic is light except going through Sausalito and into Tiburon.
We’re being buried in a digital avalanche. In the past, we reviewed our friend's outdoor excursion pictures once a year. These days, we receive approximately one billion digital images in our email inboxes twice a week.
