Tag: hiking
member name: Marc Ethier
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October 07, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
By Marc Ethier
Gather Correspondent
The days became weeks and the weeks months and suddenly we were staring down the departure date for our return to The States. We wanted to end with something spectacular. . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:41 AM EDT --
'Harmony with the land and the sea has never eluded the people of the central Pacific's largest island -- when they haven't been used and swindled by the world's industrial colonizers . . .
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December 13, 2006 07:43 PM EST --
“Go away, possum!” Lisa clapped her hands emphatically. “Go ‘way!”
It was late – I don’t know how late. The birds were silent. We were alone in the campground. . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:22 PM EST --
Day Three, October 29
Today the real test: Mackinnon Pass, named for its founder, 1,154 meters, more than 550 meters in elevation up from Mintaro. Two miles by the twisting path.
Heavy downpour in the . . .
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December 13, 2006 07:22 PM EST --
Abel Tasman was a Dutchman, an explorer and the first white man to see New Zealand. New Zealand is a Dutch name. Abel Tasman never set foot on the soil here. His ship, anchored off the northern . . .
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October 19, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --
Part II of Switzerland
By Marc Ethier
Gather Travel Correspondent
A laundry list, the nitty-gritty, on this yearlong World Tour:
Countries : 26
Friends visited : 16
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November 16, 2007 11:51 AM EST --
Part III of Switzerland Adventures Starring Your Intrepid Correspondent
By Marc Ethier
(Aforemen tioned) Gather Correspondent
"Martin, do you have a King?"
"Go . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:00 PM EST --
Long before we left the States on our yearlong round-the-world journey we made reservations to hike the Milford Track. Of New Zealand's several "Great Walks" Milford is the most renowned . . .
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October 09, 2006 04:23 PM EDT --
Harmony with the land and the sea has never eluded the people of the central Pacific's largest island -- when they haven't been used and swindled by the world's industrial colonizers
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