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October 2009

photo contest 2 winner

October 30, 2009

Jessica from Portland won with the picture below. She’ll get a signed copy of Paul Gerald’s book 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Portland. Paul’s show, Breakfast in Bridgetown, premiered on PDX.FM this week. Here are a few other submissions that I really liked. Thanks everybody for submitting really cool shots, and be sure to [...]

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hike yeah podcast 22

October 30, 2009

Alex talks to Michael Halle about back country skiing and outdoor photography.

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photo contest 2

October 23, 2009

Two weeks ago I did a photo contest for best action shot. It went great. This time around, I want pictures of you or your friends that show somebody stuck in foul weather. (By the way, for those of you who are more into landscape/nature shots without people, your turn is coming up next.) The [...]

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hike yeah podcast 21

October 23, 2009

Alex talks to Paul Gerald, author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Portland

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reading material

October 21, 2009

I’ve been bookmarking hiking/backpacking links like crazy recently. Here are a few that I thought might be interesting to Hike Yeah listeners: Scott Williamson was the first person to do a PCT yo-yo. That means he started on the Mexican border, walked up to the Canadian border, then turned around and walked back down to [...]

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my guest this week: paul gerald

October 20, 2009

Paul Gerald wrote 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Portland, and he’s my guest this week (podcast 21). I had breakfast with him this morning–we had tons to talk about, and I’m really excited about having him on Hike Yeah. Besides the 60 Hikes book, he’s written two other books about hiking and camping in [...]

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photo contest winner

October 16, 2009

Congratulations to Ron from Portland who submitted this shot to win the very first Hike Yeah photo contest (click for  bigger). Here’s a gallery of a few submissions that I really liked. Thanks to everybody who participated. Be sure to listen next week for the next photo contest details. And check out Steven’s website and his Flickr [...]

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hike yeah podcast 20

October 16, 2009

Alex talks to Steven Lenhart about hiking and outdoor photography

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looking into the future

October 15, 2009

Today is Blog Action Day. I’m supposed to write about climate change as it relates to Hike Yeah. Thanks to Green Keen for bringing this to my attention. I went to see Michael Chabon read at Powell’s last night. One of his selections was about how we see the future. As a kid, he couldn’t [...]

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hit me with your best shot

October 9, 2009

This is the very first Hike Yeah photo contest. It won’t be the last. The prize this time around is a $25 REI gift card donated by Stephen Cooper, a financial services professional. If you have questions about life insurance, ask him. To sweeten the deal, you also win the opportunity to go hiking with [...]

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