This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport.
An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...
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“100ft deep and 3 feet wide” Entering Slot Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park Slot Canyons are a particular type of desert phenomenon that occur in the Southwestern United States and only a few other places on earth. These types of canyons are very different from “Grand Canyon” type canyons. They form in “softe...
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“I’d had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.” ~Terri Windling, artist Red wave over Anza Borrego State Park Anza Borrego Desert State Park is yet another massive preserve of the wild Sonoran...
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“I grow very fond of this place, and it certainly has a desolate, grim beauty of its own, that has a curious fascination for me.” — Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the American National Parks System (originally written about North Dakota) Canyonlands National Park, Utah Tired of National Park traffic jams? Try these parks… ...
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“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.” – John Wesley Powell, from “The Exploration of the Colorado River...
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“The Longest Lava Tube in California” Deep in the back of “The Catacombs” Deep in the heart of Lava Beds National Monument lies “The Catacombs” which by far the longest cave in the park and one of the longest lava tubes in the country. It is 6,903ft ONE WAY so its 2.5 mile (4km) long caving...
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Adventure is out there! The Pursuit of Life is an outdoor adventure blog that’s dedicated towards providing guides on a variety of outdoor activities and wild places in the United States and Canada. This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport. Activities that are covered in this blog include hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, mountaineering, thru-hiking, caving, trail running, trekking, canoeing, ice climbing and general exploring.
