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Kunming, city of eternal spring, is my temporary reprieve from the damp cold of Chengdu for several days. The West Hills, with their steep cliffs facing the city, also overlooks the large lake the city borders. I wandered from random dirt trail to trail, past hamlets and gardens. Eventually I ended up climbing through the Little Stone Forest. Visited some pa...
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During National Day (Chinese, one week off) my friend and I headed to western Sichuan, China to test out my new camera (Canon 50D, with 17-40mm) and avoid boredom. We left the town of Moxi, and rode the tourist bus for one hour up to the trailhead/cable-car. We chose to walk (the cable car will take you to a bluff with some Buddhist building and viewing pavi...
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Followed up Rattlesnake Ledge with this little one. Easy hike to see a tall waterfall. But, we went off the spur to see the upper falls. Didn't do small side trip to see main one. Much of trail follows a small river.
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Hiked Rattlesnake Ledge with family. Easy, with great views from Seattle to the Cascades. Rattlesnake Lake was beautiful and warm.
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pics now on flickr: pieterpan The Timberline Trail is another rough one. Now up to about 42 miles due to going around the Eliot washout, which adds about a mile heading up soft soil to the glacier, crossing it, then descending similar material. Don't even try the old trail where it is closed. It drops off a tall cliff after you burrow through very overgrown,...
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pics now on flickr: pieterpan Started from June Lake (pond) headed for the Loowit Trail, which encirlces Mt. St. Helens. Climbed over the Worm Flows heading west. This was slow. After crossing Monitor Ridge climbing route the trail exits the forest. From here until the Restricted Area there were a lot of steep snowbanks to cross. When the trail leveled out I...
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Fantastic falls cutting through volcanic rock. Cute viewing platform.
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Whitehorse Falls is 272 feet, fourth highest in Oregon. Amazing! Looks a bit like Multnomah, but all one freefall. Lots of vegetation I have not seen elsewhere.
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Fun hike. Leads to the watchman tower overlooking Crater Lake. Short, but much of the trail is still under snow, creating a steep, somewhat slushy bank you cut steps into. Great panoramic shots. If it wasn't a little hazy, could have seen to Mt. Shasta, but we saw to the Kalamath Basin.
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Newly built trail off Pinnacles Road, which is a spur off of the Rim Road at Crater Lake. Very level hike to a beautiful falls and cascades. My aunt thought it looked like a small Ramona Falls. Listed this as 2.5 miles, even though 2.2 because Cleetwood Cove was also 2.2, so the extra 0.4 has to get in somehow.
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This is the trail that leads to the shore of Crater Lake. Lots of people leaping into the lake from the cliff. Lake was beautiful, as usual.
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You can find the info on other pages or trip reports. Had fun. Nice hike.
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Hiked a few short trails in the park down to Lake Washington and back to the house.
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Ice Age Trail from Fawn Ave. heading toward Mondeaux Dam. First, headed west toward Mondeaux. The grass was tall, resulting in often finding ticks on my pants. A large spiders dropped in on my shoulder. After only a quarter mile or so, a large, deep mud puddle appeared, covering the entire area around the path. The upcoming mud and more deep grass, and swarm...
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Timm's Hill is Wisconsin's highest point at 1951.5 feet. Impressive, I know. There are a couple small lakes and a handful of ski trails to hike. Very cute lakes. There is a lookout tower at the top of the hill, so you can see over the top of the trees. Viewing distance is very far Pics on Flickr: pieterpan.
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Hit a few small trails in Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin. The North Country Trail passes through. Lovely little hike (2 miles, partly out and back) through forest containing very old Lodgepole and Eastern White Pines, with Sugar Maple saplings glowing in the evening light. That was a spur off of the Doughboy Trail which is a Y-shaped encircling interpret...
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Pine Line Trail is a 26.2 mile rail trail from Medford to Prentice, Wisconsin, region of my birth. I did an out-and-back from Whittlesey to Medford (the lower 5.5 miles of it). Blue skies, hay drying in the fields, red-winged black birds on the side. Just too many horse flies at the north end. Black River gains size along the way. Best for bike riding, snowm...
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Started from wayside on HWY 13. Rolling trail along eskers, passing by headwaters of Black River (creek by my description). East Lake listed as 3.2 miles. I passed a marsh or pond, then two more ponds, or lakes depending on definition. Then I kept going. Based on pace and time, certainly I had passed the listed distance. Since no signage by lakes, didn't rea...
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Ice Age Trail in Taylor Co., Wisconsin, from Mondeaux Dam Picnic area to Picnic Point Picnic Ground. Estimating 2 miles each way. Read a couple of the interpretive signs, pointing out the ice age impacts on the geography. Quite clear to see it. Nice flowage, some interesting trees, wild strawberries, 2 squirrels, 1 goldfinch, and 1 deer. Trail is along an es...
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Vietnam's first national park. In winter it is devoid of people and animals. There are nature walks, but only trees. It also has a primate rehab center with very short, uninformative guided tours. There is a cave where people used to live long ago (maybe prehistoric), and a few very big trees (for Asia).
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From Kowloon to reservoirs, white-sand beaches, mountains; it is great. If you don't bring enough food/water you can purchase from vending machines. Just will cost a lot. I couldn't finish the third, and final, day of the trail because I drank untreated water, and ran out of food far from next rest stop. It's a 100 km trail that is a different Hong Kong than...
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Didn't want to spend another expensive night in hotel, so I hiked until I found a little picnic area to camp. Hiked a couple sections that run next to a park at the top of a hill that is a short, steep hike, or a bus ride away from downtown. Birds singing in morning was nice.
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Pics on flickr: pieterpan. Arrived at Stone Forest in Yunnan Province in evening after hitching a ride in a black Audi (usually inhabited by rich guys driving like hell on wheels, sending pedestrians scattering). 20+ feet tall karst pillars in various shapes with trails winding around and through them, covering a 400+ acre area. All paths are paved (being in...
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Roommate, Steven, and I hiked the length of TLG in one day, and stayed overnight at a hostel. It was dry season, so the waterfalls were not as powerful as the stains on the cliffs show they will be in summer. One very steep section, but mostly even path in very deep gorge. Pics on flickr: pieterpan