Backpacker Magazine Blogs - backpacker.com http://www.backpacker.com/blogs/ Backpacker Magazine Blogs en-us Copyright 2008 Active Interest Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3600 How About Storify? http://www.backpacker.com/embedding_practice/blogs/1997 This probably could work pretty well. What kind of Cool Stuff Can We Embed? http://www.backpacker.com/2012_outdoor_retailer_winter_market_testing/blogs/1996 Let's play with the blog feature. Backpacker Photo School: Capture Your Favorite Trees http://www.backpacker.com/backpacker_photo_school_tree_photography/blogs/daily_dirt/1936 2011-10-25 00:00:00 Trees do more than keep our ecosystem in balance with oxygen: They bring nature closer to our lives, especially when we can't escape the bustle of daily city life. RECALL: 2011 Editors' Choice Winner http://www.backpacker.com/recall-2011-editors-choice-winner-/blogs/daily_dirt/1994 If you purchased the DeLorme Earthmate PN60w and Spot Satellite Communicator combo (reviewed in April 2011), read this release to see if you need a replacement. Make (Gobs of) Money from Hiking http://www.backpacker.com/jansport_contest_win_backpacking/blogs/daily_dirt/1993 JanSport announces $10,000 prize for easy outdoor video Medical Update On Backpacker Editor http://www.backpacker.com/editor-jon-dorn-awakens-from-coma/blogs/daily_dirt/1992 Dorn wakes up from GU-induced psychedelic coma Backpacker editor hospitalized http://www.backpacker.com/blogs/daily_dirt/1991 Suffers glycemic shock from new GU product Video: Hike the Entire Appalachian Trail—in Five Minutes http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_green_tunnel_at_5_minutes/blogs/daily_dirt/1990 Stop-motion film "Green Tunnel" takes you through the length of the Appalachian Trail Eastern Cougars Declared Extinct http://www.backpacker.com/eastern_cougars_declared_extinct/blogs/daily_dirt/1989 After 38 years as "endangered", the U.S. Fish and Wildlife department finally pulled the plug on the Eastern cougar. Believe It: Albino Redwoods http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_albino_redwoods/blogs/daily_dirt/1988 Henry Cowell State Park holds an intriguing botanical oddity: albino redwood trees National Trail Days Announced http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_national_trails_day_announced/blogs/daily_dirt/1987 American Hiking Society announces annual day of celebration for trails and trail volunteers Friday Video: Falling Off A Cliff http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_ski_fall_video/blogs/daily_dirt/1986 Skier Stefan Ager takes a mighty whipper off a steep slope--and captures it all on video More John Muir on PBS http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_john_muir_pbs/blogs/daily_dirt/1985 American Masters takes a look at the icon in "John Muir in The New World Grand Canyon Uranium Mining? http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_uranium_mining_grand_canyon/blogs/daily_dirt/1984 Public comment period opens for BLM proposals to allow mining near the Grand Canyon The Science of Bear Hibernation http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_secrets_bear_hibernation/blogs/daily_dirt/1983 Scientists monitor hibernating black bears to look for solutions that could benefit humans Five Friends, Five Weeks: Paddling From Vancouver to Alaska http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_kayak_vancouver_alaska/blogs/daily_dirt/1982 Five friends with minimal kayaking experience take five weeks to kayak from Vancouver, B.C., to Alaska, stoking wanderlust dreams for everyday Adventure Joes and Janes everywhere Video: Obama On Outdoors Initiative http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_obama_community_conservation_plan/blogs/daily_dirt/1981 The President talks about preserving wild lands, getting kids outside, and Teddy Roosevelt Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: Banff Edition http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_sports_illustrated_swimsuit_banff/blogs/daily_dirt/1980 SI takes athlete models to Canada's marquee national park Finding Nordic Nirvana in Sun Valley, Idaho http://www.backpacker.com/febtest_nordic_skiing_sun_valley_idaho/blogs/daily_dirt/1979 Northwest Editor Mike Lanza explores the country's cross-country skiing capitol Got Busted Gear? http://www.backpacker.com/gear_zone_got_busted_gear-febtest/blogs/daily_dirt/1978 Gear editor Kristin Hostetter is working on a new book and she wants your dirty, broken gear to fix up.