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As I sit here watching a snow storm from our hotel room window I’m thinking about being outside. In California.  I completely fell off the hiking wagon this year with no real excuse. I had plans, real plans to keep up the hiking and get a lot of miles. In 2011 I went on 19 hikes and thought I was doing kind of bad.


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This topic was spurred by some special snowflake blogs. Those who brag about how far they went, how fast they are and pat themselves on the back.


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