Tag: hiking

Features, December 2014

Desert Hiking: What I didn’t learn in kindergarten

Check your hiking boots after being stored over the summer in Arizona heat!

Roberta Arpan Having completed three 10-day hiking treks in Europe and New Zealand, helicopter hiking in the Canadian Rockies and hiking with two wonderful clubs for the past 14 plus years, I considered myself to be experienced. I’d been hiking all summer with the online-knowledge of Zero Expedition, I found myself in the Enchanted Forests…

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Clubs & Classes, June 2014

Sun Lakes Hikers reflect on successful season

Hikers posing in front of ruins in South Mountain Park.

Roberta Arpan The statistics are in summarizing the achievements of the Sun Lakes Hiking Club. In a nutshell, there were 63 scheduled hikes during the 2013-2014 season. Included in that number, 26 were Monday hikes, 25 took place on Wednesday, 10 of the hikes were classified as “Retread” and there were two special hikes: the…

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