Sorry cannot go, another commitment.

I have Hi-Tec Alpines that do quite well.

I wrote a post before but forgot what I was going to say so here I am posting anyway. I gues the crux of it was regardless of how he got there, what a procedure to be able to do that to yourself. I would like to have been there to witness it. Not from a voyeuristic point of view :twisted: :yuk: ; bu...

I don't put anything on my skin that includes laboratory-created repellents or insecticides. They're not only unnatural but they can also cause unforeseen complications to your skin and who-knows-what-else in the future. I look at insects as part of the whole of nature when I hike and have never bee...

The April 8 Arizona Republic contains an editorial urging the renaming of Phoenix's Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Tuba City Heroine Lori Piestwea, killed early in the Iraq War. This represents another round in the on-going controversy about the use of "squaw" as a geographic pla...

Venturing...I think that is my middle name. There is nothing I love more than going solo. Being all alone in the middle of nowhere makes you feel like you are truly the only person on the planet. Though it lasts but a short time, it seems like eternity. I rarely go with someone else. If people have...

I've discovered a cure! Fly fishing! Oh, that involves hiking too. :twisted:

I have just caught this sickness, o darn. :roll:

I posted an orange flower up from my 2-16-03 Waterfall Trail hike (White Tank Regional Park). I don't know what kind it is though.

Thanks for your reply Abe. Actually on my Cave Creek/Skunk Tank hike last weekend (Mar. 8th, 03) I saw 3 gentlemen on a deep hike in the area (well, at least they were packed that way) each with walking sticks. They were very helpful with showing us the way to go as there's a couple spots where we c...

WOW, I just got a good piece of information about this subject from Montezumawell. Besides aiding in hiking/walking, walking sticks can be used to defend yourself too in precarious situations. Do you use them only when on remote trails where there's not many people or do you use them on all of your ...

Sidhayes is correct, the Squaw Peak 302 trail is not a "no dogs allowed" trail. I don't know if this would be another thread or not but what should you do when you meet an animal on the trail while alone? I think Bears are addressed here, but I mean ANY animal that could pose a threat? I t...

What a great site. This is a good place to get things off your mind thatyo umight possibly think about when you're on the trail, with or without someone. I hadn't even read this thread but I went on a solo hike to do the Squaw Peak circumference at around 4:30PM to catch the sunset (view a fat old s...