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	<description>Dayhikes and Backpacking: Bay Area &#124; Coast and Redwoods &#124; Sierra Nevada &#124; Cascade Range &#124; Klamath Mountains</description>
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		<title>Hikers vs. Marijuana Growers near Northern California Trails</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/27/hikers-vs-marijuana-growers-near-northern-california-trails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hikers on northern California trails need to be aware of the potential danger they face from people illegally growing marijuana on public lands, usually national forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. Here&#8217;s the text of the press release sent to me by Laura Mark, Acting Special Agent in Charge for national forests in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Stienstra&#8217;s &#8220;Ten Commandments to Stay Alive in the Wild&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Stienstra, the excellent outdoors columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, recently wrote an important piece on how to decrease the chances of something nasty happening to you when you&#8217;re exploring outdoors. You all need to read this article; I know I&#8217;ve violated more than one these commandments several times in my life&#8211;luckily I&#8217;m still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of Hiker Stepping Off a Ledge</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/01/13/photo-of-hiker-stepping-off-a-ledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America/Worldwide Outdoors Adventures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Made you look! I ain&#8217;t gonna put the shot here because I don&#8217;t have permission. But you can see it and about thirty other stupendous outdoors photos at Smashing Magazine. Thanks to the Best Hike blog for turning me on to the link. Related Posts:National Geographic Adventure PhotosGorgeous Rural Japan Blog with Exquisite PhotosBart Smith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Safety for Mount Shasta Climbers and Hikers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[75 Hikes in California's Mount Shasta/Lassen Park guide]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Safety is of prime importance for all who venture into the outdoors. Mount Shasta can be an especially dangerous place, and just last week a climber died in a fall on Mount Shasta&#8217;s Avalanche Gulch climbing route, likely of major head injuries. She was not wearing a helmet. The Mount Shasta Avalanche Center is offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Mangan: Cows Attack Hikers!</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/11/17/tom-mangan-cows-attack-hikers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Attacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Mangan of the excellent Bay Area hiking blog Two-Heel Drive wrItes in exquisite detail about his recent outing to Ed Levin County Park. He&#8217;s got great photos of his jaunt, but what interests me the most is his encounter with cattle: I saw the little black angus calf wandering about, baying for its mom, about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Human Fatalities in Vehicle Collisions with Animals</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/31/more-human-fatalities-in-vehicle-collisions-with-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always keep your attention on the road, and especially the sides of the road, when you&#8217;re driving. We all have our stories of near-collisions (or collisions) with animals. Sweetheart Stephanie and I were driving back home from McCloud one evening last spring when a black bear lumbered across Highway 89 just in front of us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Hikers Spend Unexpected Night in the Red Buttes Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/29/two-hikers-spend-unexpected-night-in-the-red-buttes-wilderness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently had some great comments about my post on Derek Mamoyac&#8217;s five-day ordeal on Mount Adams in southern Washington. Several people gave great advice on how to hike safely (especially alone). Now two hikers recently had to spend an unplanned night in Red Buttes Wilderness, which straddles the border of Northern California and southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Lion Killed After Threatening Hiker and Dog</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/28/mountain-lion-killed-after-threatening-hiker-and-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/28/mountain-lion-killed-after-threatening-hiker-and-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The incident occurred in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson, a place I&#8217;ve hiked before when I had two golden retrievers, the often-mentioned Molly (still with us) and the rambunctious and uber-friendly Hana, now in doggy heaven. Here&#8217;s some details of the mountain lion/hiker confrontation: The hiker was walking with his dog on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Five Days on Mount Adams</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/25/surviving-five-days-on-mount-adams/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/25/surviving-five-days-on-mount-adams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The search and eventual rescue of hiker Derek Mamoyac on Mount Adams in southern Washington featured prominently in the news earlier this month. The Sierra Trading Post blog lists five ways to survive an injury in the mountains. You need to read this; many of us hike at high elevations, and injury is always a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Woes Means More Hunters</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/24/economic-woes-means-more-hunters/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/24/economic-woes-means-more-hunters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking and Backpacking Hazards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems tough times in the economy sends people out into the woods to put some food on the table. From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: &#8220;There&#8217;s a very important statistical relationship between housing starts and license sales in states that saw an increase,&#8221; Duda said. &#8220;There&#8217;s something going on there.&#8221; It could be that a slow housing [...]]]></description>
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