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  What did you think of it? Is it worth my time to go see it?

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TheGearJunkie.com is starting a weekly gear giveaway to celebrate its first year online. Prizes include:Jetboil PCS Camp Stovea GoPro Digital HERO 3 cameraAhnu Footwear’s SoMa travel shoesthe Kelty Lightyear 15 Sleeping BagGregory’s Z22 backpackOsprey’s Talon 11 pack ...and more. Check it out! 

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Cluster ballooning, if you don’t already know, is when you tether yourself up to about 50 to 150 helium balloons and take off up into the heavens. For more information, visit clusterballoon.org.

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A couple of weeks ago I found out that Itasca State Park in up state Minnesota has wifi. Slated next on the wifi list is St. Croix State Park. Frankly, I'm jazzed about it. It means I can search for coordinates for new caches not yet downloaded to my GPS. It also means I can still be connected to the outside world. On the downside, it also means I can still be connected to the...

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I've always had problems with the impact of a Wal-Mart store, on the local buiness community, but more importantly to me, on the environment. I've even avoided shopping there as much as possible.Now I've heard a bit about some environmental initiatives by the mega-retailer and, in light of the giant's potential for forcing a lot of suppliers (and the buying public) to maybe do some good things, I'm beginning to wonder if I need to reconsider.Any...

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If you had the chance to ask McCain and Obama each the same question, and only one question, relating to the outdoors, what would your question be?

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The National Parks Conservation Association is helping give voice to people who oppose the NRA's push to allow loaded guns into our national parks. The NPCA is providing an editable letter of concern that will be e-mailed to the current administration. The comment period for this issue closes August 8, 2008, so if you feel the need to express your opposition, do so soon! For more information about existing firearm regulation in our national parks...

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Any recommendations for three full days in Glacier National Park in early July?  My husband and I are taking our two children, ages 11 and 6.  Both are active, but we are starting some conditioning hikes this spring.  We will be camping...where's best to stay?  What trails are best?  Keeping in mind children...

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I ask because it seems like a lot of the people I know who are crazy about the outdoors were introduced to hiking, paddling, camping, etc. by their families. (I met a woman whose parents brought her on a Boundary Waters wilderness canoe trip when she was a month old!) As for me, well- my grandma, bless her, pitched a fit when she found out I was going on a Boundary Waters canoe trip with...

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 jkeltgen over at MinnesotaClimbing.com posts:"When my father passed away in April, there was some inheritance left over after all the regular bills and everything were taken care of. Not a TON of money, but maybe $50000. Sure, I could use the inheritance to buy a newer home and do the real estate thing for awhile like some people do. But then it occured to me... why not start a business? And in thinking about it,...

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