Hiking boot

Greek Theatre. The first entrance, the one I frequently go to, is in the busy intersection of Los Feliz and Riverside. As usual, I listened to my music and walked half a mile to the entrance of the park. What I like about Griffith Park is its shady hiking trails and roads. Since most of its roads and trails are right next to acute slops of the mountain, it provides shade to many joggers and walkers during the summer months. On top of that, the trees provide the much needed breeze when it gets…

1: While taking a vacation trip to Bulgaria this past summer, my whole family stayed at a town called Dobrinishte for a couple of days to swim in the mineral water pool there. However, one day, inclement, cloudy weather compelled us to alter our pool plans for that day and find another activity to do instead. Being new to the place, we had to ask the hotel owners if they knew of any interesting historical places around the area, and they informed us of a monastery up in the mountains about two…

military terminal leave in the summer of 2014, I was having a conversation with my cousin’s husband about hiking. I mentioned to him how we should take his 9 year old son hiking. A few days later he had the hiking trip all planned out with a map of the actual state park in NY. One of his coworkers that goes camping with his sons suggested Minnewaska State Park in upstate NY. I was excited to go hiking with them. Because while serving in the US Army I had trained in the woods but it was all…

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Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 m (29029 ft.) The height of it was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. There are dangers that await that include high winds, bad weather, and altitude sickness for people who climb the mountain. There is an average of 5,000 people who try to climb it. Lack of oxygen is a serious problem while climbing it. If you climb an…

There are no trails in Florida that will adequately prepare you for the Appalachian Trail. Not just the difficulties, but the beauty as well. When I made the decision to do a section hike with my friend Brian, I had a vague idea that it would be difficult and rewarding, but I had no idea just how much of an understatement that was. The first day began with a shuttle ride to our start point, thirty-five miles from Hot Springs, North Carolina, where we'd left our car. As soon as I stepped out of…

on The Pacific Crest Trail she begins to reflect on the reasons that she decided to hike the trail in the first place and to find answers to the questions that is being blocked by society. while she is thinking about this she says, “Since I’d begun hiking, the struggles of my life had only fluttered occasionally through my mind. Why, oh why, had my good mother died… How could my family, once so close and strong, have fallen apart so swiftly” (Strayed 84). She would not have…

Welcome to Zion’s National Park! Today we will be going on a ture. While we are on this amazing ride I will tell you everything that I honestly think is pretty cool about Zion then get to doing what you think is interesting. First off it is located in Springdale, Utah. One of the things that most tourists want to come and see is the Virgin River. As it flows through the forests it is so clear that I can see the bottom. Zion is about 147,000 acres long, and in those acres there are beautiful…

It was there, in the downhill skiing mecca, that Gross was introduced to cross country skiing. "Believe it or not, you downhill ski so much (in Colorado), you get tired of it," Gross said. He loved hiking and getting into the backcountry. Cross country skiing was the way to access those places in the snow. "There are 14,000-foot peaks in Telluride," Gross said. "But there are also big mesas that cover hundreds of square acres and they roll right up…

their beautiful, lengthy hiking trails. However, remaining on the beaten path is more crucial than one might assume. Having driven the long route to the trail, my father, sister, brother, and I hopped out of our green minivan and purchased water bottles and park maps from the information kiosk located at the start of the trail. The thirty minutes we spent deciding which path to take made me incredibly twitchy. Having finally decided on a trail and eager to start hiking, my sister and I ran…