"When life gets difficult, it's something you can refer back to."

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Tired of the crowds in Osaka City? Enjoy some fresh air, a slower pace of life, and local delicacies in nearby Minoh.

Editor’s Note: This story has been crossposted from King County Metro’s blog. Thanks to the support of Seattleites, SDOT will fund 50% of Trailhead Direct’s 2026 operating costs for routes connecting Seattle to five popular hiking destinations along the I-90 corridor, through the Seattle Transit Measure (STM). Trailhead Direct, King County’s transit-to-trails service, returns for […]

Recreation.gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.

A beautiful, highly customizable hike that’s an easy day-trip from Tokyo. We’re finally in that not-too-cold, not-too-hot sweet spot of spring weather in Japan, providing a prime window for all sorts of outdoor activities. While “climb Mt. Fuji” might be the one that most quickly comes to mind for travelers in Japan, the country’s tallest […]

Fujinomiya mayor wants people hiking unopened trails to think about someone other than just themselves. The climbing season for Mt. Fuji runs from early July to early September, but unfortunately the Mt. Fuji hiker rescue season ends up being longer. Every year, a number of hikers ignore the warnings and take to the trails when […]

At least three members of a hiking group were killed after a volcano on a remote Indonesia island exploded.

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The "Hole in the Wall" area, in the middle of the Mojave National Preserve, contains photogenic tuff units, volcanic rocks that were formed, not by a flow of molten lava, but by the settling out of individual particles from a cloud of volcanic ash. If the particles are hot enough to stick together, the result is a "welded" tuff. That's what's happened here. The welding is uneven, so that the less…

Lack of patience, lack of ability to get home without an ambulance. After a relatively cool spring, the weather in Japan has begun heating up, with a few days this week even hitting early-summer temperatures for the afternoon high. However, it’s not actually summer yet, which means it’s not yet time to head to the […]

Stanford’s Redwood Club, reestablished in 2024, creates community through free outdoor adventures for students.

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Rising sharply from the plains of western Nebraska, Scotts Bluff was a critical landmark for 19th-century emigrants traveling the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. After weeks of navigating by rivers and rutted tracks, wagon parties would spot this towering formation and know they were on the right path.

Today, from overlooks reached by steep trails or a winding summit road, that same…

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The Colorado Boy Mine sits high on a steep hillside, visible from the Million Dollar Highway far below, but almost no one hikes up to see it close-up.

It features one of only three intact wooden vertical shaft houses left standing from the 1880s silver and gold rush era out of dozens that once stood. This rare survivor is a powerful symbol of the frontier mining life that once filled these…

## Rattlesnake season has arrived. Here’s how to stay safe

Warm weather means poisonous snakes are more active. Snakebites are uncommon but can be dangerous.

Wildflower season has arrived: here’s where to enjoy the blooms in the East Bay and beyond

California’s wildflower season peaks from mid-March to May and the Bay Area has several notable parks where you can find them.

China has boosted its defense spending 13-fold over the past three decades, modernizing its weapons and military into a force capable of operating beyond its borders. The buildup isn’t happening in isolation. Military spending in the Middle East climbed to 4.3% of the region’s GDP last year, up from 3.5% in 2022, driven in part by Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. Across Europe,…

Photography is among the best and most fun ways to enjoy nature. However, for many, the physical demands of outdoor adventures can be too much, forcing people to stay home or stick to only the most accessible, often overcrowded, photo spots. That's where Vastnaut comes in with the Vastnaut One, the world's first AI-powered 4x4 wearable exoskeleton. It works with your body to reduce stress and…

Lightweight shoes now dominate the trails, so do you still need boots? Here’s how to choose the right footwear for your outdoor adventures.

ISLAMABAD: Despite improved stock covers of petroleum products, foreign exchange constraints have started to crop up in the oil supply chain due to additional costs of skyrocketing global prices, insurance and import premiums, and freight charges.

The issue was formally raised at a meeting of the special cabinet committee formed to monitor petroleum prices, presided over by Finance Minister…

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The new Stockholm Archipelago Trail will allow hikers and other nature and outdoor enthusiasts to island-hop and explore this beautiful stretch of islands in the Baltic Sea

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Jeff Clark of Clark Geomatics, who’s been producing backcountry recreation maps since 2008, plus some very nice wall maps of British Columbia coastal regions, gets a profile from CBC News. Always nice to see mapmakers… More

Sunday morning hike takes a bizarre and terrifying turn. On Sunday morning, a 69-year-old Japanese man was on Iwakamiyama, a mountain in Iwate Prefecture. With a layer of snow still on the ground, the man and his female companion had unintentionally wandered off of the hiking trail, and were trying to find their way back […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a host of austerity measures to conserve fuel in view of the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.

Austerity measures

• 50pc cut in fuel allowance for official vehicles, with the exemption of ambulances and public buses, for the next two months
• The use of 60pc vehicles being employed by government…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a host of austerity measures to conserve fuel in view of the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.

Austerity measures

• 50pc cut in fuel allowance for official vehicles, with the exemption of ambulances and public buses, for the next two months
• The use of 60pc vehicles being employed by government…

Liz Clabaugh ’95 and Caroline Sekar ’03 were victims of the Sierra Nevada avalanche that killed nine people. Stanford friends shared their memories of the sisters.

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Glaciers & mountains down south in Argentine Patagonia

Referred to by locals as Hong Kong's 'South Pole', Po Toi is the territory's southernmost island. Covering an area of 3.69 square kilometres, the car-free island is one of Hong Kong's least populated islands, home to only 20 residents.

Once on the island, three hiking trails of varying difficulty allow visitors to reach the main points of interest. Among which are rock formations like Buddha's…

In the first installment of her column "No More Excuses," D'Souza starts her tour of campus sights by hiking the Dish trail.

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