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• Pete Athans' Khumbu Trek
  The final dispatch is in from the Khumbu trek, which took hikers from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp. Trekker/Teacher Barbara Wentworth gives a personal thanks to all who believed.
  
  
• Everest Marathon
  Runners from 10 countries descended from Gorak Shep to Namche Bazaar. Starting at 17,000 feet, you get that runner's high just crawling out of your tent in the morning.
  
  
• Everest '99
  The extraordinary trip to Mount Everest and the stunning discovery of George Mallory's body.
  
  

  Others

• From Jiri to Goyko
  A group of four trek deep in the heart of the Himalaya of Nepal on a shoestring budget and half a lung, and earn a trip of a lifetime...
  
  
• Sikkim: A Journey into the Unknown
  Overshadowed by Everest, the Sikkimese Himalayas remain untrampled with untouched peaks, virgin forests and ancient monasteries. Jane Bromet recounts his trek through this enchanting region...
  
  
• Mother/Daughter on Mera
  Everyone always asks me, "How did you convince your mother to go climb Mera Peak in Nepal?" I respond that it was my mother's idea... Mom had traveled with my grandmother to the Annapurna region 12 years ago...
  
  

  NORTH AMERICA
  National Parks

• Yosemite
  Despite devastating floods in 1996, America's favorite national park is up and running. Find out which trails are open and get contact information right here.
  
  
• Backcountry Footsteps
  Expert adventurers Jim O'Connell and Scott Codespoti stomped the Glacier National Park backcountry.
  
  
• Hiking Arches
  Though the word "arches" may invoke visions of greasy fast food, it should instead conjure the image of one of the most beautiful and unique places in the world.
  
  
• Mauna Loa
  "Mauna Loa was a much more grueling experience than any of us could have imagined."
  
  

  Day Hikes

• The North Cascades' Black Peak
  "Even in artificial rendering, the nearly perfectly triangular summit evoked a certain gloom and mystery, like an ancient Inca pyramid. Black Peak."
  
  
• Colorado's 13ers
  One wrong step here would send us over the edge, down 400 feet to an unpleasant landing on the Arapaho Glacier..."
  
  

  Multi-day Treks

• Colorado Plateau: Mike and Mitch Sign Off
  Joe "Mitch" Mitchell and Mike Coronella finish their epic 660 mile hike of the Colorado Plateau in Arches, their fifth National Park of the trip.
  
  
• Post-9/11 Reality Check
  "Ten days before our trip, the World Trade Center towers were attacked and the Pentagon became a smoking bonfire. Thousands of lives were lost. Our country was at war...."
  
  
• Methow Valley the Hard Way
  Tucked in the shadows of the Cascades among a slew of 8,000ft peaks and home to thousands of acres of hiking trails, Methow Valley is an adventurer's retreat.
  
  
• Trekking Appalachia
  Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Carter range in New Hampshire is New England tramping at its finest. Think undulating 4,000 foot peaks and thick beech forests.
  
  
• Backpacking the Lost Coast
  From Mattole Beach to Shelter Cove, California's 25-mile Lost Coast trail offers endless unspoiled beaches, sophisicated driftwood shelters, and of course, capricious weather.
  
  
• Tramping the Hoh
  Giant, nosy elks, emerald green rainforests, and glacier-fed streams are just a few of the highlights of the 36-mile Hoh River Trail that winds through Olympic National Park.
  
  
• Rocky Mountain High
  "There's something about summiting a mountain that sits just a notch above all the others. Maybe it's the barren top, covered with rocks, the black and brown color of a grizzly bear's coat..."
  
  
• Hawaii's Na Pali Coast
  One by one, rip currents surge across the shallow reef like poker players throwing down cards. Signs at Hanakapi'ai Beach warn of the strong current, dangerous shore break, high surf, sudden dropoffs...
  
  
• Georgia to Maine
  The Appalachian Trail is a 2,000 mile cult favorite that pushes human psychological limits, never mind hygiene.
  
  
• Don't Feed The Tourists
  Take a journey to Banff & Jasper Provincial Parks in The Canadian Rockies. Find the good trails, avoid the tourists and bears, and find a "zone of your own."
  
  
• Presidential Reverse
  A hike on Mount Washington's Presidential Traverse is forced into a retreat by the famed nasty weather of the east's biggest peak.
  
  
• Chilkoot Trail
  Alaska's most famous trail is also its most historic. Spanning just 33 miles, it offers a century of lessons along its craggy way.
  
  

  MISC
  World

• Hiking In New Zealand
  Peter Potterfield found New Zealand "among the richest, yet easiest international adventures I've done..."
  
  
• The Civilized Trail
  Relatively unknown outside Italy, the Val Camonica area northeast of Milan offers spectacular and uncrowded alpine trekking terrain.
  
  
• Scotch and Scotland
  A classic tale of hiking Scotland in search of the Water of Life...
  
  
• Bhutan: A Trip to Shangri-La
  "Most trails in Bhutan incline quickly, and within a couple of hours we found ourselves on the steps of the Sangchoeker Monastery..."
  
  

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