And to answer the last post, the amount of upper-body strength it takes is kinda like rock climbing: You can use all upper body strength and force your way there, or if you use proper form it takes much less upper body strength. When you learn to do it properly, you'll use less and less muscle. The ...

I learned the roll about two years ago. It took me forever to learn it. It's kinda slow going because every time you mess up you have to bail out of the kayak, empty the water out, get back in, and try again. The day I got it right I kept trying til I did 40 successful rolls, because I was scared th...

I'm looking for a good shakedown hike, near Phoenix, that's between 8-12 miles. I'm looking for something easy to moderate, where I can hike in, camp overnight, and hike back (or a loop). I want to get stuff worked out with my gear. I scanned the trails in the TrailDEX, but was hoping for some sugge...

Let me know what it'll be like and I'll prepare. I hiked the trail at lost dutchman state park up to the very top and down in 4 hours.

I'd love to do Peter's Trail... Anyone plan on hiking it soon?

I'm definitely interested in going. As for bigfoot, I'll make sure and bring some of Jack Link's Beef Jerky.

I've hiked here a little bit. I'm looking for people to hike with on the weekends around here, or hike and camp. I'm in Tempe but I'm willing to drive a ways to get a good hike in. The coolest place I've found so far is the top of the mt at lost dutchman state park. The hike up the draw was pretty h...