Home and Away Great Smoky Park marks 75 years Richmond Times Dispatch, VA They include: Seventy Five Miles of Hikes , a series of hikes sponsored by the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, to highlight trails used by its members before the park was officially established in 1934. Events include a 7.2-mile hike April 5 on Porters ..

Hiking tours are the best way to enjoy the outdoors. Just ask anyone who has put on hiking boots and went backcountry backpacking in the wilderness. A big measure of risk is involved, but the fun and excitement and appreciation of nature you get in return is worth it. Many hikers have come back from [...]

Calamari, climbs and cliffs: A Croatian peregrination Austin American-Statesman, TX So many rocks," says one of my hiking companions, a lawyer from Canada, well versed in understatement. Indeed, Croatia's third-largest island, Brac, does boast a plenitude of chalky limestone. And as we ascend a steep hill, we pass a dusty quarry where ..