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Hiking

No Blogging Allowed?

March 9, 2010

I’ve started to notice a few other hiking blogs pop up here in Southern California, which is a great sign that people are out there enjoying our trails. Hopefully, it won’t get crowded enough that people will have to start putting up signs like this in our forests:
Via Wicked Outdoorsy.

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Hiking in Hollywood

March 4, 2010

Apparently this skeletonized version of an Oscar statue is hanging out near the summit of Runyon Canyon right now.

Chances are, it probably won’t stay up long – so if you want to pretend you just won the world’s biggest Oscar, now’s your chance!
via Losanjealous.

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First-Person eHiking

January 26, 2010

The web curators over at Urlesque have put together a small compilation of what they call “Virtual Reality Hiking” – first-person perspective videos of hikers on dangerous and harrowing treks around the world.
Some of the videos – like Spain’s El Camino Del Rey – have been around for a while, but that doesn’t make watching [...]

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Post-Rain Sandstone Peak

January 25, 2010

Based on the responses on Twitter and Facebook, it seems like a lot of people got outside this weekend to enjoy our incredible weather.
I met up with Kolby and Team WWED? at Sandstone Peak, and it was well worth the drive – the skies were clear and water was everywhere. Thankfully, my boots held [...]

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L.A.’s Best Post-Rain Hikes

January 22, 2010

For those of you new to hiking or new to hiking in Los Angeles, you are in for a treat this weekend – because hands down the absolute BEST time to hike in Los Angeles is right after a winter rainstorm.
The rain has a lot of effects on SoCal trails. Obviously, if it rains [...]

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Hiking Los Liones Trail to Parker Mesa

January 4, 2010

A 7.3 mile hike from the Pacific Palisades to a popular overlook in Topanga State Park. The first part of this hike – the Los Liones Trail – is one of the most lush riparian canyons I’ve seen in the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s gently graded, moderately shady, and definitely worth a [...]

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100th Hike

December 31, 2009

In early May, Kolby of 100hikes.com decided he wanted to hike 100 times before the end of 2009. Last night he finished the task with a group of friends on a rainy night hike to Echo Mountain, the first hike he did as part of this journey.
I met Kolby on a landmark hike of [...]

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Sign up for the Wilderness Travel Course

December 12, 2009

The Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club’s Wilderness Travel Course is offering an early-admissions discount to anyone who’s interested in taking the class next year, but it ends very soon.
If you sign up before December 15th, you’ll save $15 off the tuition for the class, which covers pretty much everything anyone would need [...]

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Pro Tip – Hike Soon, If You Can

December 7, 2009

If you can take off a day of work tomorrow or Wednesday, you should use that time to go hiking instead.
SoCal hikers know the first one or two days after it rains are one of the absolute best times to go hiking in Southern California – the smog is wiped clean, the rain brings tons [...]

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LA Times Travel Does Mt. Whitney

December 5, 2009

This morning, the LA Times Travel section posted a story about climbing Mount Whitney, the famous mountain a few hours north of us that also happens to be the tallest peak in the lower-48.
The travelogue follows three early-to-late-30’s hikers of varying abilities as they make the two-day trek up the face of the mountain, dealing [...]

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