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Maine Hiking Today. We will bring you the latest news and
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State of Maine.
Press Release Headlines, News
Stories and Event Announcements
Hiking, especially in the cold, calls for
precautions
November 29,
2005
Fortunately, a woman who got lost and spent a below-freezing Saturday
night atop Mt. Baldy was found Sunday in pretty good shape. When members
of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue team found her above the north
fork of Lytle Creek, she was cold, hungry and thirsty, but not in need
of hospitalization....read
the story
Ultrahiker
completes 50-state outing in Adirondacks
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated Press Writer
November 29, 2005, 10:33 AM EST
NORTH ELBA, N.Y. -- Ted Keizer climbed
Mount Jo in the Adirondacks on Tuesday morning, setting a national
outdoors milestone by completing a series of marathon hikes across all
50 states in less than three months....read
the story
Hiking Accident Kills Woman in Berks County
Story posted on 2005-11-21
07:17:00
A WOMAN RESCUED FROM HAWK MOUNTAIN
SATURDAY HAS DIED. W-F-M-Z'S BRITTANY WESTBROOK JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.
--<1-SW/MONITOR>-- WENDY AND JACIEL, SHE WAS JUST 18-YEARS-OLD. SARAE
RINKER OF CRESCO, PENNSYLVANIA WAS TRAPPED MORE THAN THREE HOURS BY A 7
TO 10 TON BOULDER. IT TOOK ABOUT 55 PEOPLE TO FREE HER.
SHE MADE IT OUT ALIVE, BUT IN THE END, RINKER COULDN'T SURVIVE HER
INJURIES....read
the story
Hiking the Great Wall Resurrects
China's Centuries-Old Past
Published Sunday, November 20, 2005 - The
Azizona Republic
by Daniel Lovering - Associated Press
JINSHANLING, China - The Mongol attackers are long gone,
but the vast brick-and-stone barrier that helped China repel them and
other invaders still stands - and awaits a new horde of travelers who
can explore and even camp out on the centuries-old fortification....read
the story
Active outdoors:
Hiking through history
By Tim
Jones
Thursday, November 17, 2005
From Greenwich, Conn., to
Madawaska, Maine, Siasconset on Nantucket to Alburg, Vt., and
all over New England, the countryside is alive with history....read
the story
Hiking trail on Mid Plains Board
agenda
By DIANE WETZEL, The
North Platte
Telegraph
11/16/2005
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A request for $7,500 to help build
a hiking trail, and a recommendation to accept audit figures are
the two action items on the agenda for the regular Mid Plains
Community College Board of Governors meeting tonight....read
the story
Maine's
Budget Proposal - New Funding for DIFW Mar 25, 2005
Hunting and Fishing Show - Jan 14, 2005
Federal Funds for Trails -
Piscataquis County
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