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Blind Hiker Trevor Thomas Tackles Pacific Crest Trail One Step At A Time

Next time you head out for a hike, either close your eyes tightly or wrap a bandana around your head and see how far you can make it down the trail without straying or falling down. Then imagine doing that for 2,650 miles. Trevor Thomas, a blind hiker, hopes to cover that distance on the Pacific Crest Trail before the autumn snows pike up.

Ranger Confidential, Living, Working, and Dying In the National Parks

Television shows love to portray park rangers as fit and polite, beaming dazzling smiles, displaying knowledge that knows no bounds, nerves of steel, and with dashing personalities. And then there are the realities, as Andrea Lankford describes in her latest book, Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks.

America’s Great Outdoors Initiative Should Give Due Consideration to National Park Values and Needs

The national parks deserve a prominent place in any forward-thinking initiatives emerging from the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors, which convenes on April 16 to address the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors.