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In This Issue: - Mount Nittany: Always a Great Place to Hike
- Fog on the Laurel Highlands Trail
- Two Year Anniversary Give-Away: And the Winner Is....
- Two Hikers Receive the State Forest Trails Award
- Hiking on the Web - SlackPacker.com
- Your Vote Could Help PA Trails
- Deal of the Month - The Glomitt
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Mount Nittany: Always a Great Place to Hike
Mount Nittany is a great place to hike: a steep climb at the start gets the blood pumping early, and puts the hardest part behind you early on in the hike. Once you are on top there are a number of trails of varying length. You are sure to find one that has the mileage you feel comfortable doing. Regardless of what trail you take once you’re on top, you are sure to be greeted by one, or many, of the amazing views of State College and Happy Valley. Read all about the latest hike and see for yourself how beautiful the views are from atop the mountain.
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Fog on the Laurel Highlands Trail
The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail extends seventy miles from Ohiopyle State Park to Seward, just north of Johnstown. The trail traverses state parks, state forests, state game lands, other public lands and private lands. I've wanted to do an overnight backpacking trip on the Laurel Highlands Trail but never got around to coordinating a trip. So I figured I'd do the next best thing and do a day hike to see some of the great views into the Conemaugh Gorge found along the northern end of the trail.
When I woke up the morning of the hike I was disappointed to see so much fog. I knew the views I was looking forward to enjoying would be obscured. Undeterred I set off for the northern terminus of the trail located just south of Seward, PA. If I was lucky the fog would lift and at worse I got some much needed exercise.
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Two Year Anniversary Give-Away: And the Winner Is....
Congratulations to Natalie H. from Phoenix, Arizona. She was the winner of our Two Year Anniversary Give-Away. She is now the proud owner of a Katadyn Hiker Water Filter and Nalgene Canteen.
The response for this contest was outstanding. Many thanks to all that signed up and participated. We are sure to have more contest, so keep an eye here and on the website for future announcements. |  | |
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Two Hikers Receive the State Forest Trails Award
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources along with the Keystone Trails Association offer a State Forest Trails Award to any hiker that hikes 780 miles in Pennsylvania State Forest. The award recognizes anyone hiking all of Pennsylvania’s 18 state forest hiking trails, totaling 780 miles. There is no required sequence, direction, speed or length of time to complete the system.
This year two hikers received this award at the 2008 Fall meeting of the Keystone Trails Association. William S. Geiger of Allentown, Lehigh County, and John Potter of Montoursville, Lycoming County, were this year's recipients. They received a certificate, patch and ceremonial wooden walking stick for their accomplishments.
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Hiking on the Web - SlackPacker.com
Slackpacker.com is designed to provide convenient access to websites with hiking and backpacking trail maps, trip reports, and photographs. This website provide quick, organized access to many popular, well know hiking websites. In addition, thousands of personal sites have been posted on free web servers -- only to be ignored by search engines. The purpose of slackpacker.com is to provide a way to find these pages, and make research easier for the hiker. If you're looking for hiking trails in a particular state, this site is a great place to start your search.
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Your Vote Could Help PA Trails
iConservePA is conducting a month-long online mock election called Elect to Conserve where Pennsylvanians can select their favorite conservation cause to receive a cash prize. Five of iConservePA’s founding PA iCons – real people doing real conservation – have been chosen to be candidates in the statewide election each representing a conservation topic: trees and forests; open spaces and natural areas; water; native species and habitat; and trails and volunteerism. Each topic or "cause" is attached to a statewide Pennsylvania conservation organization that will be the beneficiary of the winning candidate. The winning candidate’s affiliated organization wins $5,000 from a private foundation to put toward a conservation project. A vote for Carl is a vote for PA Trails through the Keystone Trails Association. Help Carl and the trails of Pennsylvania win by casting your vote today.
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Deal of the Month - The Glomitt
The Glomitt is a glove that converts into a mitten. Made of 85% wool and 15% nylon, these gloves/mittens keep you hands warm even when wet. The Glomitt features a fingerless glove design with a mitten "hood" that can be pulled over the fingers to keep them warm. The Glomitt also comes in a 4-layer version. The 4-layer Glomitt has all the features of the regular Glomitt, but also comes with a 3M Thinsulate liner and deerskin leather palm and thumb pads for additional durability.
For the Deal of the Month, you can get an additional 10% off the already low price on the Glomitt. Just use coupon code GIMMEAGLOMITT during checkout to receive the additional 10% savings. These coupon code is good for the regular Glomitt as well as the 4-layer Glomitt. Offer expires 10/31/2008.
Only one coupon/coupon code per order. Some coupons can only be used once. Other restrictions may apply. This exclusive Deal of the Month offer is only valid for "Go Take A Hike" e-Newsletter subscribers.
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