from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
With winter wrapping up, nows a good time to take a breather Bay Area-style. Here are three ways to relax your bones before springing forward. Enlighten Up Nobody does Zen like Green Gulch Farm Zen Center . For nearly 40 years, this Marin County staple of mindfullness has blazed a trail to ahhs. And now its opening its wooden temple doors to the public for a Sunday morning meditation program. Remove your shoes at the door and take a seat on a pillow-cushioned wooden platform. Then, assume the position: ...
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Point Reyes is ready for its close-up. From camping, to wildflower strolling, to hiking to a deserted beach, here are a few ways to explore the Bay Areas biggest national park. Hike-in Heaven Theres a good reason why getting a reservation at Point Reyes Wildcat Camp is so tough: location, location, location. With seven sites strewn along a coastal bluff adjacent to Wildcat Beach, its one of the premier camping destinations in Northern California. The best way to access Wildcat Camp is via a 5.5-mile hike,
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from The Adventure Blog
Canoe and Kayak Magazine has a great article up on their site that lists 7 great freshwater places to take your sea kayak . As they quickly acknowledge, even though they are called "sea kayaks", reserving their use for salt water alone is a bit short sighted. The long hulls make for fast and comfortable touring boats, and can be used in a variety of bodies of water. Amongst the places they recommend for a good paddle, in a sea kayak or any other for that matter, are Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
The nights are long and the days are short. But look on the bright side: Monday is winter solsticemarking the longest night of the year; meaning that longer days are coming soon. Get into the solstice spirit! Star Search Whats big and inky and filled with bright, bold spectacles? The winter sky, when viewed from the three giant telescopes at the Chabot Space and Science Center . On Friday and Saturday nights Chabot opens its doors for winter stargazing 1,500 feet above the Bay. Your hosts: Leah, Rachel and
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Patricia Deavoll of New Zealand made a solo first ascent of the previously attempted but unclimbed Karim Sar (6180m), Karakoram, Pakistan. During her three-day round-trip push from advanced base camp in mid-June, Deavoll climbed with partner Paul Hersey to a high camp at 5100m before continuing, alone, to the summit. Hersey, after being sick at Base Camp, was too ill to climb, so Deavoll, unwilling to abandon the mountain without an attempt, prepared to start solo. Feeling slightly better, Hersey ...
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from James Pearson
For the remainder of the trip the blue skies graced us only briefly with their presence. Most mornings were damp from thunderstorms during the previous night, some of which were so bad that Em declared she thought she was going to die, when one of the bolts exploded a little too close for comfort. This left the rock a little out of prime condition until mid to late afternoon, but no-one complained too much as it was the perfect excuse for a lay start. After a few days we decided to venture to less familiar
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from Kevin Jorgeson
We have been in Rocklands for 12 days now and this only my third rest day. The weather has been unbelievably good. Nothing but blue skies and a cool breeze each and every day. This makes it hard to rest when the weather is so amazing. There are 8 of us in the Ehran house right now: me, Chuck, Sarah, Flannery, Stephanie, Jamie, Nalle and Nelson. Everyone seems to be hitting their stride and sending hard. Sarah, Flan and Steph all sent Last Day in Paradise, v9. Jamie has done Oral Office, v12/13 and a slew
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Wasn't that a party eh… The 3rd annual Coldsmoke Powder festival was again a huge success. Backcountry skiers flocked from all over North America and even Europe to convene in Nelson for this glisse pilgrimage of sorts. Fresh snow was limited but attendees came to soak up the sun and ski off-piste in shin deep powder dusted with surface hoar. The kaleidoscope of events, celebrations, comps, and clinics offered something for everyone. Friday night's Coldsmoke Opener featured a breadth of great films.
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