How do you condense a week-long trip through spectacular Yosemite into a reasonably short article? Well, you don't, because you can't. So if you don't have time to read a slightly longer than usual article, here's a summary: drive, walk, wow, walk, drive.
(9/8/07) Mark L., Rich T., Rick M., Carlos D., Peter S., Markus D., Jon N. and myself participated in this year's Flags on the 48, joining 47 other hikers who carried the Stars and Stripes to the summits of all New Hampshire's 4,000 footers in memory of all who died on September 11, 2001. Some were hesitant about climbing up the North Slide, but I've always thought it to be fun. It is my experience that New England trails are seldom as scary as advertised.
(8/22/07) After a lousy year of rainfall, I dreaded the phone call to the ranger to inquire of the water situation in Tahquitz Valley. The ranger informed me Tahquitz Valley was now dry. Water must be packed in. With eleven folks signed up for the trip, I then dreaded having to inform them that it was now a dry backpack trip. The total number of participants immediately went from 11 to 5. Whoops... I guess I should have done a better job letting folks know that the extra water weight really was not that bad. I must be losing my sales voice.
Our September Member of the Month!
I'm 27 6'1" 181. I live within a few miles of Front Royal, VA. I'm straight, when I'm with my girlfriend and like to play with guys when she's not around. Since she lives with me, that's not very often, until now.
Boisvert and Normand, seasoned GayOutdoors trip leaders, led a group in canoes for an overnight camping trip to a secluded island at one of the most pristine lakes in the country.
Yes, there are corners of the world that haven't been overtaken by the vacationing hordes. Here are four hidden parcels of paradise.
Haystack Mountain in New York is the third highest peak on the Adirondack 46 High Peaks list. It’s tucked in behind Mt. Marcy, 10 miles in from the parking area.
Ah, a sock’s life. Absorber of sweat, keeper of odor, it lives entombed within the dark abyss of your shoes. Toenails prod it, footfalls pound it, and friction slowly wears it away as it dutifully protects your foot from blisters and abuse. Socks definitely take one for the team—and yet when was the last time you thought about their well-being?
After months of planning & building anticipation, a group of 14 intrepid Chiltern Mountain Club (Boston's GayOutdoor club) members converged in Alberta, Canada from distant points in the United States. Our adventure was beginning in the magnificent city of Calgary, home to gleaming glass-clad skyscrapers, cowboy culture, Mounties & scenic foothills nestled against the majestic backdrop of the Canadian Rockies.
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It's the little things. Not having to drive from our campsite to start a hike. Having a few beers at our campsite with Appalachian Trail thru-hikers who started in Georgia. Well-blazed hiking trails. Park rangers that are not only cute, but sincerely friendly. There are numerous reasons why we liked our stay at Fahnestock State Park in New York, and when you visit, it's those little things that you notice...
From downhill mountain biking I never thought I would switch to cross-country mountain biking, "Why pedal up?" Then I rode the Grand Traverse alone, and didn't see another human for hours,,, SOLD bought a cross-country mountain bike.
Lake and Hanauer, kayaking instructors with suspiciously perfect names, want me to paddle upstream toward the line that separates smooth, black eddy from gushing white water.
We headed up to Tunnel Brook Road to the Benton Trail trailhead. The plan was to hike up the Benton Trail, hook onto the Beaver Brook Trail, summit Mt. Moosilauke (4,802’) and return the same way.
