Runner Takes On Record-Breaking Mission For Mom by Dave Iverson September 17, 2011 Good interview on NPR about former Yale runner, Sam Fox, trying to break the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) speed record. He plans to try to run the trail in a total of 60 days or less, which means an average of 44 days. Wow. That would take 5 days off Scott Williamson’s blazing pace of 2009. Sam’s mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease ten...

This particular headline has been in the news recently. It’s part of a trend of more evacuations through GPS systems. I was slow warming up to the bona-fides of GPS. However, there have been too many cases of successful rescue via GPS to deny its benefits. A legitimate question though, is whether or not hikers carrying them are prone to take more risks. Another issue I’d like to briefly touch on is hiker safety. It becomes easy for...

Hurricane Irene Closing Down Parts of the Appalachian Trailblissfulhiking.blogspot.com – 8/26/11 14:00 Just saw on White Blaze that Hurricane Irene is closing down the trail. The White Mountain Natonal Forest is closing the entire trail system and so is the AMC huts and other shelter a…

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Send us your news Friday, August 12, 2011Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year By Dylan Silver dsilver@tahoedailytribune.com Share on Facebook Email Print Recommend (2) Copyright 2011 Tahoe Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. August, 12 2011 9:47 am Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year Tahoe Daily Tribune ENLARGE Snow...