Since I was going to conquer the mountain alone, I decided to sign up for the geological tour that was hosted by the Mount St. Helen’s Institute

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“If you are a hiker in good shape, this hike will tear you apart. All you’ll be able to say is, “I can’t take it much longer!” However, if you are a hiker in excellent shape, who has hiked Mount Defiance the hard way, you may have so much fun you’ll barely realize how sore you are hiking this mountain.”

https://postcardstoiowa.com/2016/08/14/climbing-mt-st-helens-2

During other times, I would have considered that many people as very few, but the sight of other humans now is neither comforting nor very encouraging

Keywords: karnataka , travel-tips , daytrips , safetravel , travelinindia , familytravel , travel

While searching for a suitable place to set the tent, we drove past a village landing in an area almost devoid of humans.

https://madhuonthego.com/first-day-outing-from-bangalore-after-lockdown-manchanabele-dam

It was just so strange and funny going to another country without any need to drive, take a train or a plane, but I must say that it was more relaxed and I wish it could always be like that

Keywords: travel guides , europe , germany , lake constance , lake constance itinerary , mainau , trips from lake constance

If you take a boat you will be able to see Switzerland on your left, with many beautiful houses right on the water and Germany on the right, with all the elegant restaurants of Costance.

https://italianwanderluster.wordpress.com/2020/08/03/lake-constance-itinerary

We here in Canada were lucky enough to escape the worst of the restrictions that other parts of the world saw

Keywords: Day Trips, Algonquin Park, Drummer Lake, Ragged Lake, Smoke Lake, Westward Lake, Wisp Lake

As part of the lockdown, all provincial parks were closed, including Algonquin. This stayed in effect until the end of May, when they opened again, first for day trip use and, as of June 1, for backcountry trips as well. Despite this loosening of restrictions, it’s likely going to be a while before I get out on an overnight trip.

https://allofalgonquin.com/2020/06/11/day-trippin-westward-wisp-more

Day Trips from Ho Chi Minh city to Mekong River Delta and Cu Chi Tunnels

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We had a couple of individual days away from the city for these excursion and they were such eye-openers and a very different perspective on this region of Vietnam. With an early start one day and a late evening return to our hotel the other, we felt the trips were such a contrast to the other experiences we had on our stay in Ho Chi Minh and added such depth to our overall stay.

https://chalkandcheesetravels.com/2020/04/23/mekong-delta-cu-chi-tunnels-day-trips-4

I’m definitely missing the mountains and my usual weekend warrior adventure schedule

Keywords: Colorado, hikes, rmnp, rmnp hikes, rocky mountains

I know I’m doing a lot of vicarious living right now through everyone else’s adventure posts, and I hope that I can provide the same for all of you.

https://handstandsaroundtheworld.blog/2020/03/31/rocky-mountain-national-park-hikes-mills-jewel-and-black-lakes

Violaine House is a unique villa of 4 bedrooms private pool located in Choeng Mon area in wonderful island call “Koh Samui”

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Choeng Mon beach is 1.1 km from our villa while Chaweng Beach is only 1.2 km. The nearest airport is Samui International Airport with 3.8 kilo meters.

https://violainehouse.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/violaine-house-koh-samui-250-night-private-4-bedrooms-pool-villa-with-sea-view

 

Yosemite

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aid climbing, big wall, climbing, free climbing, Mallorie Estenson, tenaya mathes cathedral traverse, the prow, the valley, tuolumne, washington column

mallorie estenson

For years, I told myself that I wasn’t going to visit Yosemite until I was a solid 5.11 climber. The idea was loosely based on something that I’d heard about free vs. aid climbing one of the most iconic climbs in the world: The Nose on El Capitan. The more you can free climb, the faster you can move, the more parties you can pass on the congested route, etc., etc.

Here to say: that was dumb. If you’re thinking like this because you have yet to visit Yosemite, don’t be dumb like me. Just go.

Yosemite for me is a full-on, head-to-toe body rush of dopamine. I gasped aloud the fist time I saw Half Dome. I first visited the park from the east entrance, passing through the boundless alpine playground that is Tuolumne. Everywhere you look, granite domes erupt from the ground surrounded piney forests and serene alpine…

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Caribbean getaway: spending a long week-end in Santa Marta & the Tayrona National Park

travel, architecture, Colombia, South America, hiking, nature, National Parks, Tayrona National Park

Restless Frenchwoman

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As it is currently pouring over Bogota, I thought now was as good a time as any to tell you what I was up to last week-end, which was extra long for me as Colombia also celebrates Columbus Day as Dia de la Raza y la Hispanidad, literally Race and Hispanicity Day. Controversies surrounding genocidal maniac Christopher Columbus aside, with that Monday off, and since I don’t have class on Tuesdays and my first class is at 5 P.M. on Wednesdays, I jetted off to the area of Santa Marta, in the North of Colombia.

Why Santa Marta? Well, because I already had arranged for accommodation up there since before I even left Europe. How? Because I stayed with a Couchsurfing member who I had already interacted with a few times on the website’s forums, and who had extended me an invitation up north whenever I would get…

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