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Roman Battaglia/Jefferson Public RadioEvery year, some of the most committed backpackers brave over 2,600 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, on their way from Mexico to Canada. When they see a road for the first time in days, they’re occasionally lucky enough to run into helpful people waiting with fresh fruit or cold beer to greet them. On the PCT, this backpacking experience known as “trail magic” is alive and well. -
Courtesy of Donald MartinOne Oregon man has hiked the entire Oregon Trail, traveling over 2,400 miles in three months.
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The Illinois River National Recreation Trail in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness was devastated by the 500,000-acre Biscuit Fire in 2002. Now it's back. -
A new permit system and a thick, ever-present blanket of wildfire smoke gave some of Oregon’s most popular trails a break from crowds this summer.
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Tim Palmer calls Port Orford home, but he's not there for long stretches of time. Because Tim is one of the premier writers and photographers of beautiful…
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It's true you can drive right up to some of Northern California's giant redwood trees. But you can also walk up to them and enjoy the difference in scale…
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As humans put some distance between themselves and nature, men claimed the role of the "outdoorsy" people. Eugene writer Ruby McConnell made a move to…
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From pristine mountain trickle to sludgy brown industrial pool, the Willamette River is a major part of Oregon's circulatory system. Its aorta, perhaps.…
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70 is generally not the age we associate with long-distance hiking. But Southern Oregon's Dami Roelse works to push the boundaries, both for herself and…
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We suspect calluses on both the hands and feet of John Soares. He is a dedicated and constant hiker, so that would explain foot calluses. And he is an…
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William Sullivan is already one of the most accomplished hikers in Oregon. And he clearly goes back and checks on the places he hiked in the past. The…
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Cheryl Strayed's famous book "Wild" was almost a how-NOT-to-survive-wilderness book.Ruby McConnell aims to flip the script and give women useful…
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Thanks to social media, we get to go on our friends' vacations, in a sense. They snap pictures and put them on Instagram or Facebook, and we get to see…
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You COULD walk from Ashland to Jacksonville now, but either on the shoulder of a busy road, or by bushwhacking through the wild (or both). But an…
