Hiking’s best-kept secret is all yours

Hiking’s best-kept secret is all yours
When I put a pack on my back and head out for several days of hiking, I think of old growth forests, undeveloped, tree-lined lakes and wilderness.
I don’t want to share my time with hordes of people, all struggling for their own little piece of nature. Sure I hike in [...]

Hiker found dead on trail in Greene County

Reported by: Walt McClure
Email: waltmcclure@fox23news.com
Videographer: B. Sanders
Last Update: 9:56 am

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Police, forest rangers and paramedics spent much of Thursday trying to recover the body of a man found dead on a mountain trail in Greene County.

A hiking trip in the Catskills turns deadly for one man.
State Police and recovery crews [...]

Mount Kisco man building 350-mile trail

By Michael Risinit
The Journal News • June 6, 2008

Quixotic might describe Bob Jessen, 68, who is trying to fashion a 350-mile-long hiking trail hitching the Bronx to the Adirondacks.
“I’m like Rommel,” he said, referring to the German field marshal of World War II known for his crafty campaigns. “I’m crossing the Hudson (river) somewhere. [...]

On the Bright Side: Area hiker climbs 35 Catskill peaks in one shot

By Jake Palmateer
Staff Writer

The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York
Published: June 04, 2008 04:00 am
An Oneonta man toured the high peaks of the Catskill Mountains last month like no one has done before.
Erik Schlimmer, an author and adjunct lecturer at the State University College at Oneonta, climbed the 35 highest peaks in the Catskills in one [...]

HIKING IN THE CATSKILLS

George Ruhe for The New York Times
Hiking in the Catskills.

Big Indian, N.Y., is home to soaring mountains and many wide-ranging trails as well as a smattering of charming inns and lodges.
By CINDY PRICE
Published: March 24, 2006

HIKING buffs headed for the Catskills need no introduction to Big Indian, N.Y., with its soaring mountains and many wide-ranging [...]