Hiking

gym with my mom and sister to keep myself distracted which that was a good two-hour workout. As a person that just uses your phone 24/7, you don’t realize what is around you. From this artifact I realized that there is more in life like when I went hiking I was taking pictures and then I realize that I should not use it, I didn’t use it and I enjoyed my surrounding. The 24 hour may be challenging to many people,…

A possible getaway location is Molokai Island Hawaii, where tourist can see a lot of culture and wildlife. According to U.S. news and world report it has the 2nd best beach in the U.S., like how it has some of the biggest white sand beaches in the world. This shows that visitors can go on helicopter rides overlooking the beautiful island and see Mount Kamakou, Molokai highest, snow capped Mountain. Tourists and their family can go whale watching and go snorkeling by Kumimi beach. If visitors are…

use law subjects. This law program offers the best means, in my estimation, to make a career of something I love by serving to protect various ecosystems. I was constantly outside as a child growing up in Kalispell, Montana. Time spent camping, hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and the like left me…

In outdoor exploration, sometimes failure can be a source of motivation. Throughout the course of our twenty-five-year friendship, we have experienced motivational challenges at both Eagle Peak and the nearby Hat Mountain, the high points of Modoc and Lassen Counties, respectively. The summit of Eagle Mountain, called Eagle Peak, is, at 9,896 feet, the undisputed high-point of thinly-populated Modoc County as well as the highest point in the South Warner Wilderness. Modoc County, located on…

compared bicycling with other recreation with regard to the damage to vegetation caused by trampling.”(American Trails) Eden Thurston attended University of Guelph, and set up two identical trails. One for mountain biking and one for hiking, in the outcome the hiking trail, vegetation was only decreased on the outer of the trail by about 30 cm, the mountain biking trail was almost identical to those stats but there wasn’t enough data to decide if it affects the vegetation. “These studies just…

rice, hiking boots, and a rifle too small. Gallien tried to convince “Alex” to not go but he said there wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle on his…

It can save you a ton of money on gas and when you have a GPS for hiking, you can never use the excuse of you don’t know how to get anywhere by foot to get out of walking somewhere. You will always know exactly where to go. You can also use the walking GPS to tell you how long the trek is in miles and estimate how long…

We watch nature on a tv screen or a small phone but, we do not realize the beauty of nature until we see it in person. In Walt Whitman’s short poem, “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer” he describes how seeing something on a projector is nothing compared to experiencing it for yourself. This can relate to anything from how watching sports can be cool but playing sports is a lot more enjoyable. Another example that happened to me was when I went snorkeling in Hawaii, online I would see videos of…

Strayed takes her grief and uses it as fuel to endure this intense expedition of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Both Strayed and I made a brave decision to try something new, stepping out of our comfort zones, pushing ourselves, and making ourselves stronger. We both remained persistent throughout our journeys. In moments of distress…

Clarkesville, Virginia. A beautiful place to vacation. The Richards family had bought a vacation house down there last month. They had decided to visit for the children's spring break. Dan, the father of the family, was really excited for this trip. Clarksville just happened to be full of historical civil war sites. Lana, Dan's wife was ready for the beautiful lake. However, the ten year old twins, Belle and Drew, were not quite as excited. You see, the scary part about this small…