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Stephen Gough, the man perhaps better known as ‘The Naked Rambler,’ may have spent more than six years in Scottish prisons for refusing to wear clothes while hiking, but he’s not letting jail time deter him from continuing on his naked quest across parts of England.
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I love to camp. I love, love, love to camp. But because I’m a vegetarian, most of the camping foods I grew up with are kind of out of the question. Hot dogs? Pass. Pork and beans? No, thanks. So what do you put in the cooler? What do you snack on? And so, I’ve put together a list of must-have vegan and vegetarian camping foods. More
The natural world and the exploration of it is, most frequently, associated with men. John James Audubon. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Henry David Thoreau. John Muir. But women, too, are drawn to the woods–and their experience, as author, poet, and travel writer Suzanne Roberts beautifully explains in her forthcoming memoir, Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, are unlike those of the men who have gone before them. More
Cheryl Strayed hiked about 1,100 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail alone when she was just 26. We interviewed her about how the experience helped her cope with her mother’s early death, but her new memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, puts into words an almost unimaginable journey. This excerpt from the book gives a glimpse of what it was like when she started her hike in the summer of 1995: More
At 26, four years after her mother’s death, Cheryl Strayed hiked over 1,000 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail—alone—to cope with her grief and a life that had spun out of control. Today, a New York Times bestselling author, her experience is laid out in Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (read an excerpt here), a moving memoir that has us thinking a lot about our own mothers. Not to mention, what it would take to get through that kind of experience, with or without the grief of losing a mother. More
This week on That Girl, we are celebrating Mara Tyler, the editor of Healthy Bitch Daily, who is on a mission to inspire women to health and fitness while also reminding us to stop taking ourselves so seriously. From spiritual ashrams to biking to hiking to yoga, Mara has learned about the importance of connecting with her body and finding activities that she loves so it doesn’t feel like work. Take a look at her story! More
One of the biggest revelations I had while hiking in Minnewaska State Park yesterday was that I was no longer in Minnewaska State Park. That was fun! But seriously: I broke some cardinal rules of hiking safety and I got lost. Like, off the map lost. I’m here, I’m okay, and I thankfully packed out as many friends as I packed in, but while I was contemplating the possibility of death by cold/starvation/animal attacks, I had some revelations about what got me to a weird path in the woods with only half of my hiking party. Here’s what I learned More
Ah, Germany. I’ve been to the land of strudel, lederhosen, and beer several times, and it never ceases to impress and surprise. The history. The architecture. The art. The cinema. The culture. The people! The nudist hikers. Yes, heirs and froleins, if you’re brave enough to hike through the bush in the buff (watch out for stray branches and ivy), there is a tour for you this summer. And for the record, you are much braver than I (and probably less prone to chafing). More
Keywords in Ivanka Trump’s twitter feed are: shoes, hotel, vacation, party, dinner, and — surprisingly — hiking. A recent roundup of healthy tweets from Vital Juice tipped us off that the heiress and socialite is into more than just partying at her Dad’s hotel, and launching her own line of heels: She’s also into outdoor sports and, unless she’s lying in the captions of her twit pics, she’s actually logging a lot more miles outside than we are these days: The photo above was taken during her last 20k hike (that’s almost the length of a marathon).
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So we may have complained about the cold fall weather, but we do like fall. Seriously. And one of our favorite things about the next few months is taking outdoorsy weekend trips. We like apple-picking, leaf-peeping, fall hiking, and carving pumpkins that we’ve picked ourselves. Basically, if you can see a family doing it in an L.L. Bean catalog, we’re all over it. Unfortunately, not everything in L.L. Bean is super eco-friendly, so we found some of our favorite green gear to wear, pack, and keep comfortable with on your day trips for the next few weekends. More
Fall means foliage, and the province of Ontario is teeming with all the brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows leaf-peepers desire.
One of our many pristine places to view fall’s brightest colors is Algonquin Provincial Park, located in south-central Ontario. Daily during autumn, Aspens, Red Oaks, Tamaracks, and Sugar and Red Maples perform their spectacular outdoor show covering 2,946 sprawling square miles.
Hikers and bikers alike will love traversing among our impressive fall color explosions, while other visitors will enjoy camping, backcountry canoeing, and fishing for brook or lake trout. More
Feel like going for a hike, or maybe a bike ride? It’s autumn in Ontario – you’ve come to the right place.
For the adventurous cyclist who craves rolling hills or country lanes with stunning views of Lake Ontario, Northumberland County is just one of many areas to visit – its five looped routes of various lengths are the best spots to put that new road bike to the test. And more hard-core riders won’t be disappointed by the three challenging trail areas perfect for mountain biking in the Ganaraska and Northumberland forests. And the best part? There are always lodging options nearby, so no matter how far you roam, you can always put your kickstand down every evening at your home-away-from-home. More
OK, so this thing doesn’t really exist yet, but Vena Microhydro System concept – a portable, water-powered personal charger – is the latest imaginary item on our “want list”. The concept product is a small underwater turbine device that’s designed … More
Getting back to nature is one of the most eco-friendly things you can do in the summer, and even if you’re not the camping-type, a long day spent hiking and hanging out in at a National or State park is … More
