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This is an excellent video on the coming financial crunch for the department that maintains and supervises our trails and wildernesses. Next year's budget calls for massive cuts in their funding. https://youtu.be/d24PTLHEu_Q And one place they are going to be cutting is in the hiring of...

I don't even think it's a concern abou that. These same young people often go to Soul Cycle and sweat bullets. But the idea of spending their time outdoors, while they could be working at an internship that leads to a career in software, is a hard one to make.

^^^ This. And I hear from the rangers that I work with that they can't even fill the positions they have. When I was young I would have LOVED to get paid to work in the mountains, and everyone was making minimum wage. These days, young people seems to prefer to work indoors...and may even...

Nice! You sure cover a lot of ground. I think it would take me twice as long to do those!

It IS beautiful. And there may be ways to explore it away from the madding crowds. But the visitor center is also home base for a large fleet of 4x4s that have, as near as I could tell, free run of the whole area. Meanwhile, if you are interested in hiking in Jordan, I have heard and read...

The final episodes: Abu Simbel, Luxor again, and Old Cairo www.backpackthesierra.com/post/abu-simbel www.backpackthesierra.com/post/luxor-and-more www.backpackthesierra.com/post/old-cairo?postId=6713c91d06882a2a1329125f

What a great report. We've hiked in that area, but every time I see a report from there, I remind myself that I need to go back. I need to go back.

OK--the first four Egypt sections: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/cairo?postId=6713c4963d9793df0074e9df https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/luxor?postId=6713c4e271d3b06cdf171914 https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/_edfu?postId=6713c54971d3b06cdf171a5a...

And the last part of Jordan, including Wadi Rum and the photo blog https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/wadi-rum

The third chapter: The Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo, and Petra. https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/the-dead-sea-and-petra?postId=6713a53c06882a2a13289f5a

The second installment: visits to the ancient Roman city of Jerash, and sightseeing around Amman. https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/off-to-see-jordan

I just spent almost three weeks there as a tourist. To answer the most basic questions: 1. Yes, I felt completely safe in both countries. Tourism was down 95% in Jordan, 60% in Egypt, and man, was everyone happy to see us! 2. Yes, we did this as part of an organized trip via Ama Waterways, so...

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Excellent! They are amazsing birds. We had a funny experience in El Chalten, Argentina. We’d just finished hiking the Cerro del Aguila trail there (Patagonia, for those keeping track at home) in the hopes of seeing condors, but were skunked. So we came back to the trailhead to talk to a...

Yes! Now that mention it, we've also seen them in Zion!

We've seen them in the Pinnacles and in the Andes, but this is still very cool https://patch.com/california/napavalley/s/izhab/california-condors-make-4th-annual-flight-to-mount-diablo-east-bay?utm_source=local-update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert

If you've been wondering where I've been over the past ten days, the answer is: out of town. But no, I haven't been hiking in Greenland, sorry to say. I was speaking at a conference in Armenia, and spent a few extra days there exploring that amazing country. I'll have a report on that trip in...

Great report. We've done three different trips around Cusco, and always wondered about this one. How much did the whole Choquequirao trip cost? And where did you stay in Lamay?

Here's the project that I've been working on in Yosemite: https://phys.org/news/2024-09-yosemite-national-crews-landscape-conditions.html

Peter Starr was a young pioneer in the world of High Sierra climbing. SF Gate does a good job of telling the story of his disappearance, and the heroes who eventually solved the mystery: https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/california-search-mission-mountain-grave-19723292.php