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Featured, Hiking, News

When Wilderness Turns Deadly

This year, at the Maine Conference for Small Town Jewish Life, I’m teaching a course on basic orienteering.  If you follow this site, you know that I’m a big advocate for the...

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Featured, Hiking, International Travel

Autumn in Parc National de la Jacques Cartier

Where I live in Maine, for weekend adventures, I have a “can I get there and back again on a single tank of gas” philosophy. As it turns out, just north of Quebec is a gem of a...

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Featured, Hiking, International Travel, Staff Picks

Backpacking Nagano Prefecture in Japan

A flower of snow On your shoulder seems to say: Welcome to Nagano! Keiko Yoshida – Nagano City My middle daughter, Avi, is a student at Temple University’s Tokyo campus....

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Camping, Featured, Hiking, Wilderness Parsha

Memorial Day

When my unit returned from its Operation Iraqi Freedom mobilization, I had a conversation with my friend, Jimmy. I came home early due to a custodial matter, but we stayed in touch for the...

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Camping, Featured, Hiking

Backcountry with Dogs

Knowing Where to Go When I was stationed in Alaska, my ex-wife and I adopted a dog from the Anchorage shelter.  We named him D’Artagnan.  He was a Husky mix, former sled dog.  He...

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Featured, Hiking, News, Staff Picks, Travel

Backpacking with Autistic Children

Backpacking is a really exciting experience for a lot of kids.  For children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it can be fraught with anxiety, as it involves multiple changes in...

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Appalachian Trail, Featured, Hiking, News

New Permit Requirements on AT in Shenandoah

Starting this month, you will now be required to buy a permit at Recreation.gov in order to complete the Shenandoah National Park portion of the Appalachian Trail.  The previous system,...

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Featured, Hiking, Video

The Best Thru-Hiking Videos

User-created thru-hiking videos are a great way to get through winter, even as early-bird Appalachian Trail folks gear up to head out as early as February. We’ve rounded up some of...

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Featured, Hiking

A Spring Trip to a Bold Coast

We were looking for a spring destination, and we found an excellent trip along Maine’s dramatic Bold Coast. Situated between Milbridge and Calais in Maine is a not-so-hidden gem of...

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Featured, Hiking

Old, Reliable Gear – Bal Taschit

One of my biggest gripes about backpacking is the overstated focus on gear. When I completed my first thru-hike, I did it with “crap gear,” some of it replaced during the trip...

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