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National Trails Day and Great Outdoor Month 2015
By: Jennifer Pharr Davis, American Hiking Society Ambassador The danger of celebrating a day dedicated to trails and a month marked for outdoor enjoyment is that some might see the…
Read MoreFeeding Your Mind and Body on Vacation
By: Laura Randall It’s prime vacation season, and with that comes the joys and challenges of deciding how exactly to spend all that leisure time. Some people want their vacations…
Read MoreBreaking Ground to Extend Lost Coast Trail
On the windswept Northern California coast is one of the most rugged, remote and wild places in the state. Great expanses of forest meet wildflower-carpeted bluffs before plunging from rocky…
Read MoreExhilarated by my own human power
By: Liz Thomas, American Hiking Society Ambassador When I was a freshmen in high school, I wrote an essay about my first time mowing a lawn. It seems like a…
Read MoreComing Back to Pay it Forward
By: Mark Ray Fifteen years ago, the movie Pay It Forward popularized the idea that the best way to repay a favor is to do a favor for someone else—to…
Read More#HikingMakesMe – Liz Thomas
American Hiking Society Ambassador, Liz Thomas, responds to our #HikingMakesMe interview. My name is Liz Thomas, but my friends call me Snorkel because that is my trail name. When I…
Read MoreIt’s a funny thing about trails…
By : Sam Hodder, President & CEO, Save the Redwoods League It’s a funny thing about trails. They seem to carry a lot more significance than their linear simplicity would…
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