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“We want to backpack the Northern Loop. Can you give us camping suggestions?” Three years ago, I volunteered at the Forest Service office in Boulder, issuing wilderness permits. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I offered to help. But over the course of the season, from mid-June to mid-September,…
Continue readingExhausted from my hike up Pawnee Pass, I stumbled along to a spot where I could sit down and take a break. Breaking out my Kind Bars and some cheese, I sat and nibbled, while drinking water. The hike had taken much more out of me than I had expected. …
Continue readingIt is one of those days. One of those days when I just don’t have my normal spring in my step. I planned an ambitious hike up Pawnee Pass as part of my wilderness patrol for the Forest Service. I so wanted to have one of those good days, when…
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