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Hiking and Backpacking

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Man Gored By Angry Mountain Goat Is the Only Animal-Related Fatality in Olympic National Park History. Time for a Lawsuit!

    Wikimedia Commons​On the afternoon of October 16, 63-year-old Bob Boardman was hiking a trail of switchbacks with his wife Susan Chadd and their friend Pat Willis at Klahhane Ridge, roughly 20 miles south of Port Angeles in Olympic National Park. When the trio paused for lunch, they were joine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Vietnam's Sesame Answer to the Donut Hole

    ​The Place: After a jaunt up Rattlesnake Ledge, a very hungry friend and I were looking forward to stopping in at Chuck's Donuts in Renton. I'd heard rumors of the delights produced by the fryer inside, and was very much looking forward to biting into one. Unfortunately, Chuck's is shuttered o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    Jacques d'Amboise

    ​The Place: After a jaunt up Rattlesnake Ledge, a very hungry friend and I were looking forward to stopping in at Chuck's Donuts in Renton. I'd heard rumors of the delights produced by the fryer inside, and was very much looking forward to biting into one. Unfortunately, Chuck's is shuttered o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Bob Boardman Killed By Mountain Goat During Hike

    ​Bob Boardman was a nurse, a guitarist, a skilled woodworker and an avid hiker. Unfortunately, the 63-year-old man from Port Angeles is also now a statistic: the first person ever to have died because of an incident involving an animal in Olympic National Park.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    John Arum, Son of Boxing Promoter Bob Arum, Missing in Cascade Mountains

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    One to Mourn for Speed Fanatics

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    More tips for hikers who don't want to be shot and killed

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Alt Rock Coffee Shop Drop

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    Greenway Days

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Summer Road Trips, Sans the Car

    ​UPDATE: Park officials find backpack, continue search for missing climber. John Arum's family expected him back on Sunday. Arum, the son of legendary boxing promoter and Don King sworn enemy Bob Arum, had left his home on Vashon Island for a weekend hiking trip in the northern Cascades. Accor ... More >>

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Classic Platters

    "I have feasted on classic Italian dishes...while watching a naked man writhe with his pet python on the dining room swing!"

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Packing It In

    A great Northwest pastime—backpacking—is getting a little too gray.

  • Diversions

    May 26, 2004

    Unhappy Trails

    The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

  • Diversions

    August 14, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Chewy Gear

  • Diversions

    July 31, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Bugs Bite

  • Diversions

    July 17, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Happy Trails

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Hostel intentions

    The art of slacking in Seattle, as practiced by twentysomething foreign visitors

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