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Posting will be paused over the holiday weekend. I am actually getting away for a hike. Aimless and I will be given an expert tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by our good friends the Mytyss from Great Lakes Hikes.
I was able to yogi a free sample of Trailblaze Energy Bar mix which Aimless and […]

With today’s lightweight cellphones and wide coverage in even the most remote areas it is becoming more common sense for hikers to carry cell phones incase of emergency. I hear what you are saying but with the many recent high-profile outdoor accidents and emergencies it make no sense for a person to go out with […]

I found this great video on how to revitalize your fleece using a simple cat hair brush. There are several of these really cool and informative videos from a great Japanese how-to show. See the side column on the youtube webpage to explore more clips.

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After enjoying Georiga to Maine a journal by current AT hiker Dirt Diva (thanks to a tip by Two-Heel Drive) I have decided to keep my AT Thru-Hike attempt journal on simplehiker.com. I have full respect for trailjournals.com but being the ubergeek that I am the limitations bug the heck out of me. It will […]

YouTube has a trailer of the new Fast Food Nation move adapted from the stunning and insightful non-fiction book of the same name by author Eric Schlosser if you enjoyed or were even slightly intrigued by the film Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock

I was recently accepted into Yahoo!’s beta ad program so I have decided to switch up and give them a try. I have slightly increased the size of my ads but I don’t feel they really get in the way. I will not be adding adds into my actual posts, I find that beyond annoying. […]

Just last month I was tipped off by a good friend mine from Great Lakes Hikes Yahoo group about PURE Bars a new raw, vegan and organic food bar. PURE bars come in three flavors Cherry Cashew, Chocolate Brownie and Apple Cinnamon. They are all certified organic, vegan and kosher with no refined sugar, no […]

I have seen this in Backpacker Magazine a few times and it has now popped up on Gizmodo. It is a pretty cool idea. Lightcap by SoLight, a naglene bottle lid with a built-in solar charger and LED light. The LED light is on the water side, so the bottle is actually used as a […]

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Trail Journals page about my Appalachian Trail Thru-hike attempt
www.trailjournals.com/simple-aimless
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CNN is reporting an AP story of two unprepared day hikers who wandered off the trail in Palm Springs California. With no supplies and adequate clothing they did the “intelligent” thing and wandered around the woods aimlessly. But another hiker John Donovan, a retired Virginia social worker who disappeared during a hike in May 2005 […]