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Earthbound Need Not Apply for These Adventures
At the YWAM Ropes Course near Salem, people work together to conquer an elaborate array of high-flying and ground-based obstacles called “elements.” Photo: Ryan Unger In the throes of summer, resting...
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A Tranquil Tour of Aquatic Portland
A Next Adventure kayaking tour winds gently around Ross Island amid a great blue heron and a bald eagle nest. Duckweed is a lot more interesting when one skims swiftly through it in the calm of...
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Trouble on Hood? Rescuers on the Way
Depending on where the accident happens, a rescue climber can get from wherever they are to the victim in five to eight hours. Photo: Portland Mountain Rescue On a clear day at Council Crest Park, one...
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Canoeing the Coast for Ocean Awareness
Environmental activist Margo Pellegrino, near Newport, Ore., on her Seattle-to-San Diego canoeing voyage. Photo: June Barnard Environmental activist Margo Pellegrino has paddled her outrigger sea...
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Disc Golf: No Caddies, No Carts
Crist Garcia tosses at the target during a round of disc golf at Vance Park in Gresham. Photo: Joe Hansen Jerry Miller’s opening disc golf throw Tuesday morning at Vance Park in Gresham was a thing of...
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Triple Falls Hike: Lots to See in Four Miles
Horsetail Falls is one of the trophies of the four-mile Triple Falls loop. Photo: Dustin Eppers/EnzymePDX Ten thousand years ago, the Missoula floods roared westward to the Pacific Ocean from...
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Solar Charging on the Trail
The Brunton Freedom portable power device is small and light and can keep your electronic essentials juiced and ready to go in the outdoors. Photo: Dustin Eppers/EnzymePDX Waking to the morning call...
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