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Northwest Editor Michael Lanza spent a year with his family, including kids Nate (then 9) and Alex (then 7), exploring the outdoors while writing his book, Before They’re Gone—A Family’s Year-Long Quest to Explore America’s Most Endangered National Parks (excerpted here). On his blog, The Big Outside, in addition to gear reviews and travel photo slideshows, Mike further chronicles his family adventures including his 10 tips for raising outdoor-loving kids:
To read about the Lanza family’s latest adventure in the outdoors check out “Norway: Home of the Giants” from BACKPACKER’s Adventure Travel issue.