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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.

• Added on: Sep 16th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Suvid021
• Listed in: Adventure Travel Outdoor Recreation
• Tags: travel hiking outdoors Backpacking national parks hiking gear

Recent Posts

• Grand changes coming for canyon camping

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 in Backpacking, arizona, grand canyon national park, compass points, backcountry camping permits, camping permits

  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

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 08:07 in hiking, Backpacking, shenandoah national park, shenandoah, compass points

  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

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 11:07 in compass points

  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

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 08:17 in hiking, safety, winter sports, winter hiking, compass points

  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

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 12:58 in global warming, compass points, trail tunes

  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

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 09:57 in national parks, kansas, buffalo, wolves, yellowstone national park, compass points, jon jarvis

  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...

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