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Trail patrol: A day in the life of a forest ranger

Posted in Adirondacks, Adventures, Hiking on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Trail patrol: A day in the life of a forest ranger

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Footprint Press recreation guidebooks Now Available as E-books

Posted in Gear, Gifts, Uncategorized, tagged on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The era of digital delivery is here and Footprint Press, Inc. is at the forefront. You can now easily download our books 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at both MindsetSports.com and FootprintPress.com. We are happy to announce that we’ve teamed up with MindsetSports and can now offer our products as secure eBooks [...]

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Hiking gadgets dull the experience of being in nature

Posted in Gear, Hiking, tagged on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Hiking gadgets dull the experience of being in nature

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I’m a Happy Marmot – my PreCip raingear saga

Posted in Gear, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

No, I’m not a furry ground-dwelling rodent. I’m the happy owner of a Marmot PreCip rain jacket. This was not always so. I subscribe to Backpacker Magazine and I often read and follow their gear reviews when setting out to purchase outdoors gear. Backpacker Magazine is what led me to become an owner of the [...]

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Pilgrim’s Paddle: one woman’s journey on The Hudson River Greenway

Posted in Hudson River, Hudson Valley, Kayaking, Paddling, tagged on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Pilgrim’s Paddle: Day One on the Hudson Pilgrim’s Paddle: Day Two, In Search of a Campsite

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Gone Hikin’: Taconic State Park, NY and Mt. Washington State Forest, MA: Alander Mountain to Brace Mountain

Posted in Hiking, Hudson Valley on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Gone Hikin’: Taconic State Park, NY and Mt. Washington State Forest, MA: Alander Mountain to Brace Mountain

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The Cranberry Lake 50 – a long loop hike

Posted in Adirondacks, Backpacking, Hiking, Long-distance Hiking on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

by hikermiker Okay, so a 50 mile hike barely qualifies as a long-distance hike, and this is a bit short of 50 miles actually, but I find something deeply satisfying about a loop hike, so here’s the story. Cranberry Lake is in the Adirondacks in New York. The lake itself is accessible by road so [...]

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Awesome Android App For The Hikers!!

Posted in Backpacking, Gear, Hiking on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Awesome Android App For The Hikers!!

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Teatown-Kitchawan Trail – A Wooded Oasis in Westchester

Posted in Hiking, Hudson Valley on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Teatown-Kitchawan Trail – A Wooded Oasis in Westchester

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Photos: Lightening Over Lake Ontario

Posted in Lake Ontario, nature on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Lightning pictures taken over Lake Ontario August 24, 2011 when the storms rolled in, around midnight or so. The fixed lights on the horizon in some of the images is some kind of giant freighter ship which has been anchored offshore all day. In one of the images, lightning appears to strike the ship. Most [...]

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