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I didn’t put two and two together when I was experiencing the symptoms of heat exhaustion during a high exertion hike last week, but after a friend pointed it out to me, I realized that I’d had a close call. While I’d taken …

Shenandoah National Park is a hiker’s park. Never mind that eighty five percent of the visitors never lose sight of their car. With their extensive trail system, almost any part and feature of the park is accessible to anyone willing to walk …

Tumbledown, a secluded ridge in western Maine, has come to exemplify all that I love about hiking. The Loop Trail, in particular, has a little bit of everything that makes the mountains of Maine so unique and beautiful. Most visitors stick to …

All the time, we hikers and backpackers look the ordinary little dangers of the outdoors in the face. And we laugh. Blisters, sunburn, and chafing; scrapes, cuts, and abrasions; poison ivy, stinging nettle, and assorted brambles; hornets, ants, and mosquitoes—they are the …