Dayhiking
For many, day hiking is perfect for getting out in the wilds. You get outside, your pack weight can be very light and you can go as far or as short as you want. You get to see the sights, get a feeling of having done something-and get to sleep in your bed at night. You also can fit in a hike when time wise you cannot take the time off to backpack.
It works for those who don't have a lot of free time or who don't have the gear or skills yet to backpack.
Day hiking can be an affordable way to get into the outdoors. You don't need fancy gear truthfully, and can use items you find in your house.
In many ways, day hiking is becoming the modern choice for hiking. In many regions, day hiking guides are the rage. Here in the PNW, there are two major lines of guide books competing for the market of dayhiking.
A fun option is to base camp either a mile or so in, or to car camp in a campground for the weekend. Then you can easily go on a couple dayhikes in an area. You can see more, and have fun exploring areas you haven't been to before!
A nice resource for day hiking is DayHiker.com.
Dayhiking with Dicentra on Dog Mt, Wa.
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In early 2007 a couple of us joined our friend Hoosierdaddy who teaches winter courses for The Mountaineers, for one of it's branches here in the NW. We all had a day off, so he offered to help us brush up on self arrest skills and using an ice ax properly.
Garmin Foretrex 201 GPS Review
Last year Kirk surprised me with a Garmin Foretrex 201 GPS unit for my Christmas present. Well, maybe it wasn't really a surprise, I had been wanting one for a long time. I have been using it now for nearly a year and have had a long time to test it and get a feeling of it's best parts and it's limitations.
Self Arrest Snow Skills
If you like snow in relation to hiking or you have thought about getting into it, you know that snow travel is never anything to trust or assume that it is safe. It brings dangers one needs to have skills in. It is worth learning though. With the skills learned you can go much farther and have a safer trip.
Fall & Winter Checkup: Is Your Daypack Ready?
Fall in the Pacific North West seems to bring out SAR operations a couple times every year. In the past couple years there have been a couple cases where the individuals were very, very lucky in being found in time and rescued. They involved people who had little gear on them and who faced cold, wet and inhospitable conditions.
Tips for keeping your feet dry
There is wet and then there is WET.
There isn't much worse in winter than getting your boots soaked through, your socks clammy cold and no feeling in your toes. So what can you do to prevent it?
When fall starts make it a point to sit down and clean your boots up. Get out a brush for boots, work all the dust and dried up mud out of the leather. Use a cleaner designed for the type of boots you have (be it leather or suede). Then use a Nix Wax treatement to restore the waterproof seal.
