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Compass Points
http://dpidgeon.wordpress.com
Compass Points, a blog about hiking and adventure travel by freelance journalist Dave Pidgeon, provides tales from the trails, gear reviews, news and analysis.
Recent Posts
Grand changes coming for canyon camping
The system for backcountry camping permits in the Grand Canyon will undergo changes. (andrewcparnell / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewparnell/ / CC BY 2.0 Word about pending changes to the camping permit system at Grand Canyon National Pa...
The Heart of Shenandoah
A blue blaze marks the Nicholson Hollow Trail in Shenandoah National Park, Va. (Compass Points Media / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/compasspointsmedia/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Hey Pointers! How were your weekend trips? This adventure blogger is spendi...
A weekend hiking assignment
Heading for those brown mountains beneath that rock. (Compass Points Media / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/compasspointsmedia/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Two words I absolutely love – On assignment. Starting as soon as this post is published, I̵...
Raise your toasty hands
Keeping your hands warm during winter hiking is essential to enjoying the day and night. (Compass Points Media / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/compasspointsmedia/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Few aspects of winter hiking contribute more to the enjoyment of ...
TRAIL TUNES: How to win the climate change debate
Public skepticism about global warming is on the rise. (Ever. / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ever/ / CC BY 2.0 Over at Yale Environment 360, the fellas point out the latest Pew Research Center poll about global warming shows increasing skepti...
Where the buffalo once roamed
Could areas like this become a new national park? (southerntabitha / flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tabithahawk/ / CC BY 2.0 Something Jon Jarvis, the new National Parks Service director, said to me during my September interview with him for B...

