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The Grand Rapids Press is reporting that a Juanita Richardson from northern Michigan died after a 200ft plus fall from the cliffs around Miners Castle. Park officals said this is the first falling dead in the history of the 40 year old park, but oddly enough it is the third falling death in a National […]

“The former vice president’s movie — replete with the prospect of aflooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastierhurricanes, worsening droughts, retreating glaciers and disappearingice sheets — mostly got the science right, said all 19 climatescientists who had seen the movie or read the book and answeredquestions from The Associated Press.”
“Gore conveyed the […]

“I love the smell of flack jackets and binos in the morning… smells like birding.” Sergeant First Class Jon Trouern not only runs a cool blog entitled Birding Babylon and not only has been featured on NRP several times but has now released a book on his nature and birding adventures while stationed in Iraq. […]

I have added a cool little map to my sidebar which displays my most recent reviews on the social review site Yelp.com. The site is well worth checking out and the more reviews that start pouring in the more useful it will be to hikers, travelers and even learning about good or bad business in […]

I recently did some walking at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) located in Munising in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Aimless and I were led on the trip by a good friend of mine Andy Mytys we meet during our many years on the Great Lakes Hikes Yahoo Group. We left on Thursday May 25th and […]

As you may have noticed or maybe not noticed from your page refreshes and RSS readers things have beep pretty quiet here on the simplehiker blog. To be honest I have been a little depressed… Aimless and I have decided not to thru-hike the Appalachian trail. After a hot and buggy hike in Pictured Rocks […]