From the monthly archives:

May 2010

links from podcast 49

May 29, 2010

Some links from my conversation with Heather: Adventures Without Limits homepage Adventures Without Limits trip schedule (PDF) Mount Hood Community College Outdoor Recreation Program Mapping Support – great for planning your own trips Some of my recent photos

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hike yeah podcast 49

May 29, 2010

A conversation with Heather, one of the Hike and Learn recipients, about her background and summer plans.

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new pictures, finally

May 24, 2010

I’ve had no time to hike much recently. Plus the weather has been nasty. But here are some shots from two short jaunts I’ve taken. Click the image to go to the Flickr gallery.

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bryan swan and northwest waterfalls

May 22, 2010

Bryan joined me episode 48 to talk about the Northwest Waterfalls Survey, an online database he created to “inventory, study and properly catalog and make known the stature and significance of the thousands and thousands of waterfalls which occur within the Pacific Northwest.” It’s an ambitious project — Bryan himself calls it an obsession — [...]

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hike yeah podcast 48

May 21, 2010

A conversation with Bryan Swan, creator and operator of the Northwest Waterfall Survey. We discuss cataloging waterfalls, discovering waterfalls, and photographing waterfalls

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hike and learn recipients announcement

May 17, 2010

Each of the fourteen Hike and Learn applications that I received were thoughtful, fun, interesting, and inspiring. But three applications stuck out. John and Lauri from Pomona College, in Southern California, applied as a pair. There’s something really compelling about two people trying to put up with each other and sharing trip-planning duties and having [...]

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hike yeah podcast 47

May 14, 2010

The second half of my conversation with Paul Gerald. We talked about his work on the 4th edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Portland.

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hike and learn update

May 10, 2010

Last night I spent a few hours reading applications, watching videos, visiting websites, looking at pictures, and thinking a lot about the project. There were fourteen applicants from seven schools in three states (OR, WA, and CA; the only states I targeted). I’d skimmed each application as it came in, but setting aside the time to [...]

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hike yeah podcast 46

May 7, 2010

The first half of another conversation with Paul Gerald. We talked about his work on the 4th edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Portland.

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follow-up for podcasts 44 and 45

May 7, 2010

Here are links to loads of photographs and other cool info from the first half and the second half of my conversation with Chris Markes: Ashland/Oregon Caves/Yosemite/Mono Lake Zion Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Newspaper Rock & Fallen Roof Ruins Arches Mesa Verde Grand Canyon Tuzigoot & Montezuma Seaworld Cabrillo Flickr collections sorted by state

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