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The Norski Trail: made in the shade

The shade of thousands of aspen trees make this hike cool, high and dry. Just above 10,000' of elevation, near the base of the Santa Fe Ski Basin in New Mexico. It's beautiful. It's an easy cruise, less than one hour. Click for the Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike.
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Naked Exercise #1: No-Bike Cycling

Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Just your bare hands. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. A new one each week. So you'll look better naked all Summer. Here's a bike exercise - without the exercise bike.
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A Walk in the Eternal Forest

Something beautiful growing, flying or crawling everywhere you look. The land of biodiversity. Here in the Children's Eternal Rainforest, in Costa Rica, thousands of species of flora and fauna enjoy tens of thousands of protected acres.
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Looking back

At the Summer Stretches. They're great for everything. Especially your back. Intense lower back pain got me started on my stretching career twenty years ago. A few simple stretches twice a day cured me. I've never stopped doing them. And I've never looked back. Take a look.
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Declaration of Independence

Pursue happiness. Vigorously. Be independently healthy. Declare independence from the health care racket. Independence from the industrial food complex. Enjoy freedom to go anywhere feet can go. It may not be self-evident, but it's true that the pursuit itself produces happiness.
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A quick high above Hanalei

A lovely little hike to a panoramic view of Hanalei and its Bay. Just a mile and a quarter and 1,200' up to the big vista. A perfect example of a short hike that gives you a real sense of having scaled the heights and climbed a mountain. Between breakfast and lunch.
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Summer Stretch: Your Hamstrings

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of these very large muscles that contribute to lower back and leg pain if you let them tighten and contract over the years.
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1379′ Above Lobster Level

The summit of Sargent Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park was the perfect place to celebrate National Lobster Day. But that was then, and this is now. And the summit's still almost high enough to see all the Way down to Beal's Lobster Pier. Best lobster roll in town.
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Summer Stretch: Let’s Twist Again

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Because I want to help you find the easiest Ways to feel Better every day. Let's start on your back. For almost instant improvement for tight lower back and hip muscles.
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Mt. Crawford via the historic Davis Path

Four miles roundtrip. On the oldest mountain hiking trail in the United States. To the summit of Mt. Crawford. Just 12 miles farther to the top of Mt. Washington. Since 1819. Before the invention of switchbacks. It's short but steep. The views are 360.
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