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It’s time to gear up for great journeys on the Pacific Crest Trail. But it’s important to remember that it’s our responsibility to the keep drinking water safe and the stunning scenery smelling sweet. We all need to use the very best Leave No Trace practices while doing our daily ... Read more
By Chelsea Bodamer
Through the cold winter months, I find no greater pleasure than wrapping up in a blanket and reading a book as I patiently await the warmth of my favorite season – sweet, abundant spring. Thus was the case this January as I read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. I ... Read more
By Ron Goodwin
The Mount Hood Chapter of the PCTA had their annual celebration at Gifford Pinchot National Forest headquarters on Feb. 7. About 120 people attended to honor the 400 volunteers for their 15,600 hours contributed in 2014 – more than doubling the number of volunteer hours contributed in ... Read more
By Gleb Velikanov
Every year, more than a thousand people set out to attempt a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. Some of them are doing so with a significant other, some find romance along the way, while others have a partner at home patiently awaiting their return. Rumor has ... Read more
By Dan Feldman
No one knows, till he tries, how easily a habit of walking is acquired. A person who never walked three miles will in the course of a month become able to walk 15 or 20.
— Thomas Jefferson, correspondence to Thomas Mann Randolph Aug 27, 1786.
There’s ... Read more
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