Hiking Community News

Announcing the Orange County (California) History Hikes program!

October 19, 2011
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To help expose, educate and connect people to Orange County’s fascinating history, the Orange County Historical Society is launching a new program — Orange County History Hikes.

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Celebrating 5 years of the Irvine Ranch as a National Natural Landmark with a private tour to Limestone Canyon and the Sinks

October 10, 2011
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The 9.9 mile loop we took on this bloggers’ tour would make an excellent trail to hike or bike to see the key highlights of Limestone Canyon Wilderness Area.

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The new Leafsnap app is a cool concept, but does it encourage a violation of Leave No Trace?

June 1, 2011
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Does the new outdoorsy mobile iOS app Leafsnap violate the Leave No Trace principles by asking citizen scientists to pick leaves off trees and plants in order to use the app to identify leaf species?

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CA Politics and Park Closures–Does it really have to be this way?

May 18, 2011
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70 of California’s State Parks have been threatened with closure due to the state budget crisis, but have all the alternatives really been considered?

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Why We Hike: Our response to the blogosphere #whywehike challenge

April 16, 2011
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Jeff and I respond to Two-Heel Drive’s challenge to the hiking blogosphere to explain why we hike. While we both claim exploration, education an exercise and major reasons, we each identified very different reasons as well.

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