“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.” -Louis L’Amour
The Trail
Category: Get Outside
Does Nature Inspire You?
“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” -Claude Monet
What You Learn at the Top of Everest
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt. Everest
Take A Break and a Look Around
“It is easy in this pompous age to scan the big things of the world and forget to see the small miracles of life around us; the morning light, the flowers, those intimate details of the world that combine to make it beautiful.” – Ansel Adams
Weight Loss from Hiking!
Those of us who hike regularly at altitude are likely not surprised by the findings of the recent study from a German university hospital… 20 subjects hiked for 1 week at 8,700 feet on Germany’s highest mountain and burned an extra 268 calories per day! When I’m up in the California Sierra Nevada’s, I don’t …
Ansel Adam’s Yosemite
“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.” – Ansel Adams
Time to Wander
“Wandering re-established the harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” -Anatole France, French poet
21st Century Mountaineering
The topic of speed climbing is a hotly debated one. The New York Times wrote about it, and Hiking Lady readers had lots of opinions on my personal Facebook page. For those of you who aren’t familiar with speed climbing, there is a fantastic short video that features Ueli Steck, also known as the Swiss …
Are you a hiking poet?
“People who seek adventure are true poets of living” Anonymous
Look Deep Into Nature
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein