Photo credit: Royal Robbins My number one concern when hiking is comfort and I’ve come to accept that hiking pants will always look like hiking pants, i.e. colored in shades of gray and green, with unsightly zippers and myriad side pockets; there’s no way around it. So when Royal Robbins offered to send me their […]
Archives for December 2013
Ever hike on a glacier? How about Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies!
Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies is one of the last remaining magnificent glaciers which you can explore on foot. Athabasca Glacier is one of the most accessible glaciers in the Canadian Rockies where you can drive up to the toe of the glacier and literally touch it. If you are more adventurous at heart, you can also sign up […]
Camping and hiking in California’s magnificent Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Standing in an old-growth grove of redwoods commands a certain degree of awed silence. Craning our necks upwards, looking beyond the massive chocolate-brown tree trunks at the lush green canopy hundreds of feet above the ground, one can only stand in hushed silence, listening to the wind make music among the magnificent redwoods. California is […]