Hiker Blog

There are literally trillions of lacing variations. Fortunately, you only need to learn one or two to properly lace your hiking boots.

A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago _ a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith.

Kelly Perkins, 46, and her husband, Craig, led by big-wall guide Scott Stowe, began the climb Thursday and reached the top of the iconic 8,842-foot-high dome Saturday afternoon.

The ascent completed an important circle for her. In 1996, 10 months out of the hospital with her new heart, she finished the first of many post-transplant climbs by hiking up the easier backside of Half Dome.

Now that it's officially summer, Californians are running for the hills, mountains, deserts and oceans for a bit of vacation time.

YONKERS - 'Could you give me some help here?' Steve 'Wildman' Brill asked the teachers of Family School 32 as he attempted to uproot a large sassafras plant on school property yesterday morning.

Come home from your next trip relaxed and smarter. Where to learn Spanish, whitewater rafting, astrophysics and more Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking offers four-day retreats among the red rocks.

His backpack loaded, his hiking boots laced tight-Roger Bischoff was heading uphill to rendezvous with a satellite.

Three decades of isolation have left their mark on Turkish Cyprus, but Alistair Fraser finds simple pleasures mean much more.

Rescuers were searching for a North Carolina woman and her hiking partner Monday on a mountain in northern Califonia after the pair was reported missing over the weekend.

This season began as a busy one for El Paso County Search and Rescue, as the team has responded to lost or injured hikers and downed planes.

Description: A ``perplexing medical tragedy' was behind the horrific murder suicide of a young Calgary family that left five dead, mourners were told Thursday.