Bill McKibben Wanders Home
Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America’s Hopeful Landscape Bill McKibben 2005 Crown Journeys, a division of Random House, Inc. 160 pages Long an environmental hero of…
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Bill McKibben Wanders Home
Hiking in Mexico: Inside and Outside Patzcuaro on Foot
It was Saturday. The sky was clear and blue. The air cool. The sun warm and getting warmer. It was time to go hiking in Mexico. Setting out from our…
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Hiking in Mexico: Inside and Outside Patzcuaro on Foot
Mark Moxon as he sets out from Land's End to walk Britain end to end.
Mark Moxon’s Account of Walking Britain End to End
Walking Britain End to End When I Walk, I Bounce: Walking from Land’s End to John o’Groats Mark Moxon, self published, 2014 Softcover, 236 pages For me, the best way to…
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Mark Moxon’s Account of Walking Britain End to End
Jane Christmas's account of walking the camino de santiago entertains.
What happens on the Camino de Santiago failed to stay on the Camino
What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain’s Camino de Santiago de Compostela Jane Christmas Greystone Books, Vancouver, 2007, 295 pages What the Psychic Told the…
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What happens on the Camino de Santiago failed to stay on the Camino
Most of Guatemala's indigenous women and many men wear their traditional, hand-woven clothing.
Hiking in Central America: Guatemalan Style
Overview When asked to name my favourite hike, my standard response is: “The one I’m currently hiking.” Hardly original, but safe—and usually true. That being said, the hikes I find…
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Hiking in Central America: Guatemalan Style
Shoalts's page-turner is every-bit an "incredible journey."
An Explorer is Born: Canoeing Canada’s North
Alone Against the North Adam Shoalts Penguin Random House Canada, 2015, 296 pages My first impression of Adam Shoalts, author of Alone Against the North, was that he was…
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An Explorer is Born: Canoeing Canada’s North
How to Acquire More of Less
On Trails: An Exploration reminds me of a path that passes through deep, luscious forests only to pop out onto rich open farm fields after somewhat grudgingly following sidewalks within…
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How to Acquire More of Less
Alone in the Wilderness
I slept alone in a tent on my own little island in the middle of the French River on Thursday night. The thought of there being nothing more than a…
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Alone in the Wilderness
Weekending in Caledon: Hamptons of the North?
A 2014 Toronto Life article compared Caledon to the Hamptons, that collection of tony mansions on Long Island’s east end. “Like the Hamptons,” the author wrote, “Caledon is not so…
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Weekending in Caledon: Hamptons of the North?
Hiking Mexico-style: A little bit of everything
From elegant outhouses to zip lines, frocks to ice cream, and hovels to mansions, a day hike in Mexico plays on all of your senses and then some. Without knowing…
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Hiking Mexico-style: A little bit of everything