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Take A Hike

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My favorite trails and hikes, and the climbs I'm training for. Grab your Camelbak and meet me at the trailhead!

The Canadian Rockies. Now THAT is a must-do hike! Photo by Kevin McNeal.

"List of gear that every hiking backpack needs." A must-read, hikers!

Chile's Torres del Paine National Park is all kinds of gorgeous. Patagonia, here I come!

"you wanna climb this too? ;D // Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains, Canada." YES I DO!

"Mammoth in summer." So many great hikes in Mammoth, CA!

"Preachers Rock, Norway." Adding this to my must-hike list immediately.

The ice caves inside Mount Erebus on Antarctica, they call to me! Come play with us...come play with us....

Family hikes in Vail, Colorado, are a picture perfect summer outing. If a kid can do it, so can we!

Johnston Canyon in Banff National. Oh, Canada! Photo by Mirari Edoiza.

A view from New Zealand's famous Routeburn Track. I'd love to hike this some day! Photo by Marina Malkova.

Taughannock Falls in New York. Can't beat those East Coast autumn colors! Photo by Fred Bertram.

Even the laziest couch potato would enjoy a hike through Watkins Glen State Park in New York. So gorgeous!

The cliffs of Madeira in Portugal. Now that is a hike! Photo by Gerald Brimacombe.

The Dolomites in Italy. I want to go to there!

Masherbrum Peak in Pakistan. Now THAT is a mountain!

Picacho Peak looks like this for about 5 minutes each year. The rest of the time, it's a Tucson-adjacent wasteland. Sad truth.

The Lava Beds National Monument is my favorite secret underground hike. Is Gollum down there?

I don't know if traversing the Sahara on foot counts as a hike, but imagine the bragging rights!

I'm SO bummed that the Paradise Ice Caves at Mt. Rainier melted. Way to go, global warming.

The Devil's Hall in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas. Now that's a trail! Photo by QT Luong.

The Guadalupe Mountains. Or as I like to call them, the only reason I'll ever go to Texas. Photo by Darren Huski.

Now THAT is how you hike through the Amazon. Ed Stafford is crazy, and I like it. Photo by Keith Ducatel.

Of COURSE the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is on my list of must-hikes. Look at it!

Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain in Colorado, with a detour through Dream Lake? Don't mind if I do. Photo by Thomas Mangan.

Lassen Peak in NorCal is just begging to be climbed. And that turquoise water in Lake Helen? Forget it.

Hiking through Whirinaki Forest Park in New Zealand is on my bucket list, big time. SO LUSH.

Mount Hood, aka the Winter Wonderland of Oregon. This "hike" may be a little too chilly for my blood. Photo by Zack Schnepf.

Everything about the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island sounds like a blast. Mud, ladders, bridges, wild animals? Hello, dream vacation!!

I cannot believe how clear the sky is at the Khumbu Glacier on Everest. My god, it's full of stars. Photo by Alex Treadway.

Arches National Park: the views are worth the trek. Talk about majestic! Photo by Steve Oachs.

The Stony Man Cliffs in Shenandoah have a view of the Appalachians that's seriously swoon-worthy.

In a year, I'll be climbing Mount Rainier (one of the most dangerous volcanoes around, NBD) as part of my Kilimanjaro training. Yikes.

Hiking around Mount Waialeale was a dream come true! Visiting the wettest spot on earth had its advantages.

Training to conquer this bad boy. Mount Kilimanjaro, get ready to get climbed!

I love hiking the Superstition Mountains in AZ: it's quiet, gorgeous, and hot as hell. Like Viggo Mortensen, but with less chin.

There are few things better than hiking up South Mountain at sunset.

The "living bridges" of India. How gorgeous is this?! BRB, pretending I'm Indiana Jones.

The first waterfall of Eaton Canyon! My favorite quick getaway, a short hike leads right to this gem. Photo by Scott Buckel.

The path to Echo Mountain at sunset, such a pretty trail. Photo by Mark Esguerra

Half Dome, the crown jewel of Yosemite. 20 miles, 10 hours, and 1 thunderstorm later, I crossed this one off my bucket list!

Lower Antelope Canyon in AZ was carved into the sandstone by ancient rivers. Such a stunning hike! Photo by Steve Oachs.

Bell Rock in Sedona. I LOVE climbing this giant red mountain, it's one of the few things I miss about Arizona.

The Ang-Ka Luang Nature Trail in Thailand is calling my name, big time. So lush!

Hiking the Napali Coast on Kauai was the highlight of my trip to the islands. So gorgeous!

Mount Damavand in Iran. I'm gonna climb the SHIT out of this someday. Photo by Hamed Saber.

I think I'm too much of a chicken to ever climb Everest. Look at it, taunting me to nut up or shut up. Photo by the incomparable Anton Jankovoy.

Runyon Canyon, the red carpet of hiking trails! I've seen more celebrities (like Jessica Biel & JT) on this trail than you can shake a walking stick at.