Join me & Mythic as we hike around one of our favorite southern Minnesota parks, Seven Mile Creek, just off Hwy 169 between Mankato and St. Peter -- traditional territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton nations.

https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com/home/2025/10/04/seven-mile-creek

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Question for you Fediverse #hikers 🥾🥾
Other than the usual things, what "special items" do you ALWAYS carry in your backpack?

For example: I always carry a couple of metres of duct tape. Ever since I witnessed my friend's shoe falling apart (a looooooong way to the end of our hike), I have developed a shoe-breaking-phobia.

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“Canyon Hikers” — Two hikers walk along a desert wash between high walls in a Death Valley canyon.

It seems to me that when most people think of Death Valley National Park, the first things that come to mind are familiar desert icons, the sand dunes, with features like salt flats close behind. But the park is remarkably diverse, with other features that would surprise those who don’t know of them. Among them are the park’s canyons, some of which — like this one — feature extremely high walls…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/01/canyon-hikers/

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