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Tag Archives: hiking
Exploring Alberta’s Historic Fire Lookout – Mount Burke Summit Hike
On August 30th, 2025 my friend Harry and I hiked up Mount Burke in Kananaskis Country to explore one of Alberta’s most fascinating relics — the abandoned Cameron fire lookout. This video captures the full journey: from the forested switchbacks … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Hiking, History
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Cameron Lookout, Canada, hike, hiking, history, Kananaskis, Mount Burke, mountain, mountains
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Exploring a Section of the Historic Highway 1A: From TransCanada Highway to Scenic Trail
In Banff and Yoho National Parks, there is a section of highway with an interesting history. Originally built in the 1920s, it served as the TransCanada Highway up until the highway was realigned in 1962. From that point on it … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, History
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Banff, Banff National Park, British Columbia, Canada, Highway 1A, hike, hiking, picnic shelter, TransCanada Highway, Yoho, Yoho National Park
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I Crashed My Drone
After seven years of loyal service, is this the end of DroneOCan?
Posted in drone, Geocaching, Hiking
Tagged Alberta, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, geocaching, hiking, Irricana, Meadowlark Trail
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Hiking, Scrambling, Tree Climbing in K-Country
What was supposed to be a simple hike turned into something far more involved. By the time Mabel and I were done, I had been up a tree, standing atop a cliff, and scrambling through the rocks on Canyon Creek … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Hiking
Tagged Alberta, Canada, geocaching, hiking, Kananaskis, scrambling, tree climbing
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Hiking to Papakolea Green Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii
It’s our last full day on Hawaii and there is still one place left on our “must visit” list: the famous Green Sand Beach, known properly as Papakolea Beach. It’s an almost three mile hike each way but we’ were … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Hiking, Travel
Tagged beach, Big Island, caching, geocaching, green sand, Green Sand Beach, Hawaii, hiking, Papakolea, Papakolea Beach, USA
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