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Southern New Mexico’s Las Cruces is quickly becoming one of my favorite outdoorsy towns. It has none of the notoriety (or crowds) that other “adventure towns” have in the Southwest. Yet, its surrounded by mountain ranges and very close to several national park units. Of the many mountains nearby, Organ Needle is the highest and...
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Scarper Peak is one of the most significant peaks on the San Francisco Peninsula but you’d never know that unless you studied a map. Tucked away in previously inaccessible ranch lands, this area was apparently purchased by POST for public use. These days, its a gorgeous though well off-the-beaten track hike near Half Moon Bay...
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Mt Diablo's North Peak and Devils Pulpit are far less visited than Mt Diablo. I climbed them on the same hike of Mt Diablo and appreciated its solitude.
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Margarita Peak is a far flung, wilderness summit in the Santa Ana Mountains of San Diego and Orange Counties. Here are my directions for this hike/bushwhack
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This is one of those posts about an obscure place I explored and probably won’t get much traction. Located in a remote part of San Mateo County, this hike in Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve is a fun spot to explore the higher summits of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Seldom explored and remote by San Mateo...
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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.
