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Attending Outdoor Retailer next week? Stop in the Wilderness Press booth #32108, for free adventure books and meet the awesome authors who will be signing them! Below is our booth schedule, come visit!Tuesday, August 31:00 - Winton Port...
The Morning Journal writer Scot Allyn sat down with Craig Heimbuch on a Saturday afternoon in Lorain, Ohio. Their chat centered on Craig’s new book Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry. Here’s the outcome of their visit together:Solo...
LeBron is gone along with our visions of NBA championships. Chalk it up to Cleveland luck. Or beat those blues with a copy of Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry (Clerisy Press, 2010), by Cleveland s own Craig Heimbuch.In this hilarious and...
If you’re interested in quicksand pits, grizzly bear stalking, flash floods, and man vs. goose fights, then this might interest you. These are the experiences Jack Bennett faced while researching the best day hikes across the coun...
There are only two days left in Keen Communications’s special summer discount offer. Go to Keen Communications and enter code “summerpaddle” at checkout to receive your discount. Remeber this offer expires on Thursday ...
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Last weekend the 46th annual Gaya Awards were held at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Winton Porter snagged the Author of the Year award, beating out State Senator Max Cleland in the Best Memoir category for his first book, Just P...
It’s time for that annual event that tries to coax drivers out from behind their steering wheels and onto a pair of bicycle wheels, even if just for a little while. You an check out the League of American Bicyclists’ officia...
Like most people, I am a little burned out of the sameold beach vacation. I’m sick of chain souveneir shops full of hermit crabs and cheesy “my grandma went to Florida and all I got was this T-shirt” T-shirts. I th...
Winton Porter strikes again! We found this article smack dab on the front page of the Atlanta Journal’s Sunday Travel section. Here is the opening piece, but click on through and read every word of what reporter Bo Emerson had t...
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“Writing hiking books is a labor of love,” says Greg Witt, author of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City. But he notes that one the most enjoyable benefits of writing the book was the number of surprise wildlife encounters on the trail. “When you hit the trail early in the morning and hike during the week when fewer people are on the trail, you have a much greater chance of seeing an amazing variety of wildlife.”
As Greg was hiking trails in the Wasatch Mountains he saw deer and moose on a regular basis. “A 1400-pound moose can be threatening,” he said. “Coming around the corner and seeing a moose in the middle of the trail can be startling and may even be reason to turn around, unless the moose gets out of the way.”
He also saw mountain goats, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, bison, beaver, fox, porcupine and bison, in addition to a number of smaller critters. “Rattlesnakes frequently bask in the sun on mountain trails, and I’ve nearly stepped on a few of them.”
In addition to being a busy author, Greg Witt is also an adventure guide in the Alps and in Utah. He does over 40 media appearances and speaking engagements annually.
Greg Witt is author of:
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City
Exploring Havasupai
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Kim Lipker grew up in Colorado loving the outdoors from an early age. She is the author of four books for Menasha Ridge Press, 60 Hikes with 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder, Day & Overnight Hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park, Smart & Savvy Hiking: What Every Woman Needs to Know on the Trail. and The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado (with Johnny Molloy). She also wrote The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in the Rockies (Hungry Minds). In addition to writing books, Kim writes a regular parenting column and other features for Rocky Mountain Parent Magazine. For the Web site Away.com, she contributes features, ratings, and reviews covering parks, active sports, and outdoor adventures in the Rocky Mountains and Hawaii.
Considered an expert on the Rocky Mountains by her guidebook peers, Kim has been at the writing thing for a while, having had her first news article published at age 12 and later earning a journalism degree from the University of Missouri–Columbia.
Kim lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her three children, Anna, Alex, and Emma. For more information on her upcoming projects, visit her blog at trekalong.com/lipker.
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Attending Outdoor Retailer next week? Stop in the Wilderness Press booth #32108, for free adventure books and meet the awesome authors who will be signing them! Below is our booth schedule, come visit!Tuesday, August 31:00 - Winton Port...
*Bear with me as I digress from my usual, earth-friendly topics (although this isn’t too far off).I am sure I have mentioned before how much I love my city. Cincinnati is a burgeoning flower on the crest of excellence, and it...
My three trips on the Allagash have occurred during very different stages of my life: Young, middle-aged and old. My wife, Nancy, and I were young parents when we loaded our 18 foot Old Town Canoe with five year old son Adam, lots...
The Morning Journal writer Scot Allyn sat down with Craig Heimbuch on a Saturday afternoon in Lorain, Ohio. Their chat centered on Craig’s new book Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry. Here’s the outcome of their visit together:Solo...
LeBron is gone along with our visions of NBA championships. Chalk it up to Cleveland luck. Or beat those blues with a copy of Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry (Clerisy Press, 2010), by Cleveland s own Craig Heimbuch.In this hilarious and...
If you’re interested in quicksand pits, grizzly bear stalking, flash floods, and man vs. goose fights, then this might interest you. These are the experiences Jack Bennett faced while researching the best day hikes across the coun...
Just had a book signing for 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Philadelphia at Costco in King of Prussia. Where else can you can you purchase your summer reading, brushetta, and a year s worth of cheese? Seriously, though, the store was clean,...
First, for those who may not have been able to follow the story, the Schultz fire is fully contained. You can see a couple spots on the mountain that still smoke, but those are deep within the burn zone.Most of the eastern and central s...
We are all of us in a quandary. Our finances have never been worse, we have interpersonal issues, the real estate market has tanked, and oil is gushing into our oceans by the second. Some people eat, drink, take drugs, or sleep to forge...
There are only two days left in Keen Communications’s special summer discount offer. Go to Keen Communications and enter code “summerpaddle” at checkout to receive your discount. Remeber this offer expires on Thursday ...
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