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kids

Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival this Weekend

April 15, 2010

If you’re looking to learn a little bit more about some of our local hiking areas or just wanted to reacquaint yourself with the Santa Monica Mountains, you may want to check out the first annual Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival this weekend. A joint production of the National Park Service and the Natural History [...]

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Family Backpacking Question

April 13, 2010

Chuck posted in the Forum a little while back, looking for a good place to take his family on a first-time camping trip. He writes: I’m looking for a hiking/backpacking/camping option that would be a good first trip for my daughters and I. The wife is a “Car camper”, but I think it’s important to [...]

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Looking for a Hiking Child-Carrier

November 24, 2009

Reader Mark wrote in with a gear question that I don’t really have enough experience to answer: I have an 11 month old daughter, and we’re at the stage where she’s outgrown the Baby Bjorn that I carry her in when going hiking together. I was wondering if you could recommend a child carrier. It [...]

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