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	<title>Northern California Hiking Trails Blog &#187; Hiking Misadventures</title>
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		<title>Surviving Mount Shasta Climber&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/04/03/surviving-mount-shasta-climbers-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote yesterday about the tragic death of Thomas Bennett on Mount Shasta. Today the Redding Record Searchlight has a follow-up in which Bennett&#8217;s climbing partner Mark Thomas discusses the Mount Shasta climbing fatality: As wind and snow pounded the summit of Mt. Shasta on Sunday, Mark Thomas tried to keep his climbing partner alive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Account of Lassen Peak Trail Tragedy</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/26/mothers-account-of-lassen-peak-trail-tragedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many readers know, a rockfall on the Lassen Peak Trail caused the death of a Red Bluff boy last month, leading to the closure of the upper portion of the Lassen Peak Trail. Today&#8217;s Record Searchlight has a heart-rending first-person story of the event by the boy&#8217;s mother, Jennifer Botell. It brought tears to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lassen Peak Trail Closed until at least 2010 Because of Recent Rockfall Death</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/21/lassen-peak-trail-closed-until-at-least-2010-because-of-recent-rockfall-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent tragic death from a rockfall/avalanche on the Lassen Peak Trail has led Lassen Volcanic National Park officials to close the last 1.2 miles of the trail to the summit of Lassen Peak. From a Lassen Volcanic National Park press release: The first 1.3 miles of the 2.5 mile Lassen Peak Trail in Lassen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockfall Death Closes Lassen Peak Trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/30/rockfall-death-closes-lassen-peak-trail-in-lassen-volcanic-national-park/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/30/rockfall-death-closes-lassen-peak-trail-in-lassen-volcanic-national-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking Misadventures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very sad news about a hiking tragedy in Lassen Volcanic National Park&#8217;s Lassen Peak Trail. A take-home message for all of us: watch out when you are around slopes. They can be life-threatening. Read more here about rockfalls and avalanches. My heartfelt condolences for the family. Here&#8217;s the press release from Lassen Volcanic National Park: [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/27/hikers-vs-marijuana-growers-near-northern-california-trails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking Misadventures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=327</guid>
		<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>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/03/14/tom-stienstras-ten-commandments-to-stay-alive-in-the-wild/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/03/14/tom-stienstras-ten-commandments-to-stay-alive-in-the-wild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking Misadventures]]></category>
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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>Dog Gets Hiker Lost in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/12/15/dog-gets-hiker-lost-in-henry-cowell-redwoods-state-park/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/12/15/dog-gets-hiker-lost-in-henry-cowell-redwoods-state-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[100 Classic Hikes in Northern California Guidebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the gist of the story from the Mercury News about the Santa Cruz woman whose dog got her lost in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park: 43-year-old woman emerged on her own from the rugged Fall Creek section of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park early Saturday morning after spending two chilly nights there while rescuers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Safety for Mount Shasta Climbers and Hikers</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/12/05/promoting-safety-for-mount-shasta-climbers-and-hikers/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/12/05/promoting-safety-for-mount-shasta-climbers-and-hikers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[100 Classic Hikes in Northern California Guidebook]]></category>
		<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>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/11/17/tom-mangan-cows-attack-hikers/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2008/10/29/two-hikers-spend-unexpected-night-in-the-red-buttes-wilderness/#comments</comments>
		<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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