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Couple Starts Wanderboth to Help Plan Backpacking Trips
For one couple in Minnesota, years of camping and hiking weren’t quite doing it for them anymore. Eventually, they decided to extend their trips deeper into the backcountry, to escape the cliches that come with camping and to find an experience that was much more meaningful. Taking the time to plan a meaningful backpacking trip […]
1 min read · Jan 29, 2016 · hanalarock
Hiking
9 Crazy Discoveries Backpackers Made While Hiking
This past week, a Norwegian hiker came across something unexpected during his hike in the Haukeli region of Norway. While hiking, Goran Olsen noticed an object lying beneath some rocks, and when he went to investigate, he realized what he saw was a unique-looking sword. It turns out the sword once belonged to a viking, and […]
1 min read · Nov 4, 2015 · hanalarock
Backcountry Destinations
11 Ways to #OptOutside Instead of Black Friday
Last week, the CEO of backpacking store REI, Jerry Stritzke, announced that this year the store would not be opening it’s doors for Black Friday, but instead paying their employees to ‘go outside and play’. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the U.S, has incidentally taken people away from the […]
1 min read · Nov 3, 2015 · hanalarock
Backpacking
Another Appalachian Trail Record
A young woman from Seattle who goes by the name ‘Anish’, broke the record for completing the Appalachian Trail in the quickest time ever as an ‘unsupported’ backpacker. This means that Anish, who formally goes by Heather Anderson, made the 2,189 mile backpacking trip without any help from others along the way. And, she did […]
1 min read · Sep 29, 2015 · hanalarock
Backcountry Destinations
#EveryKidInAPark – Why the New Initiative is Great for a 4th Grader
If you haven’t yet heard, fourth graders in America, their families, and of course their teachers and youth leaders, have just been given the opportunity to enter all national parks in the United States for free. The goal of this program is to give children a chance to explore and learn about the outdoors, while […]
1 min read · Sep 3, 2015 · hanalarock
Backcountry Destinations
President Obama Is Giving Mt. McKinley Its Name Back – What It All Means
This past Sunday, it has been decided that Mt. McKinley, named after the 25th president of the United States, will be getting its Alaskan name back; Denali. The decision was made by Lame Duck president, Barack President Obama, who has been using his last year of presidency to leave as much of a positive impact […]
1 min read · Aug 31, 2015 · hanalarock