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Hiking brings liberation and it releases our spirits from our four-walled lives to once again connect to the larger - more peaceful - world around us. But in the hurry to get to “the trail” it no longer becomes about the journey but the destination.
The High Ground Book Series
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 Recent blog posts… Coal Yields to Wind on Flight 93 Summit Western Pennsylvania’s Laurel Summit, high elevation site of the 9/11 Flight 93 aerial terrorist attack and, in places, a disorganized heap of bituminous coal as a result of coal miners stripping off its 2,900+-foot summit contour, has been defined anew by altitude.
In a model of social progression, this summit environment that warmed and brightened homes [...] Tornado Damage Near Presidential Retreat A lush debris field remains from a tornado that ravaged the high mountaintop that surrounds the Camp David presidential compound in Maryland’s Catoctin National Park.
The passage of several years has converted what initially resembled a linear bulldozer path of wind damage into a dense thicket of berries and hardwood saplings — food for the park’s [...] Revitalized Chincoteague Lighthouse Trail The Lighthouse Trail, an 0.25-mile path through the pinewoods of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, recently received new signage explaining its natural features. A complementary forest cutting has opened up a clearer view of the Chincoteague Lighthouse itself.
The Lighthouse Trail leads to an oak-and-sassafras-crowned sand ridge constituting an extinct dune that, in the early days [...]
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Millions of people have hiked the paths I have walked, but the spirit of the trails eludes them because they hurry. Look closely at the trees and flowers and stones of these places. My wish for you is that you share in this experience, learning perhaps a new way to approach the outdoors, realizing that the most amazing things can be found just a footstep off the path you’re on.
Author Bill Rozday takes you personally into the untouched and secret places of North America’s high country. As an outdoor writer for more than 20 years, Bill shares with you his first-hand experiences as he walks the “high ground.”
With treks through the mid-Atlantic states, American West and Canadian ranges, you’ll discover a true sense of nature and its many inhabitants.