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Southern California Gold Mines Google Map

Red Tail Trails is starting a collaborative effort to pinpoint all of the gold mines in Southern California in Google Maps. I have started with a few, but I can’t do this alone. If you know of any mines that are not already on the map, feel free to pin it with the name and

Mt. Whitney Lottery Open Online 2/1/12 – 3/15/12

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Heads-up fellow hikers: the Mt. Whitney Lottery permit system is taking place between now and March 15th. If you have ambitions to climb Mt. Whitney this year, you best be on that train. Never fear, register at Recreation.gov to have a chance at getting a permit. I got rejected last year, so I’m crossing my

Hawaii Tsunami

Puukohola National Park just tweeted (@PuukoholaNPS) a bunch of astonishing videos that show the strength of the tsunami on Hawaii from the 8.9 earthquake in Japan. Here’s one of several they’ve posted after the jump:


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