New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR’s Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.
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The Grand Canyon is experiencing one of its deadliest stretches in years
At least 16 people have died at the park this year, including five fatalities in August alone. No single factor is to blame, but several deaths have followed stretches of extreme weather.
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15 workers on office retreat hiked up a mountain — and one got left behind
The insurance workers were on an office retreat in the Rocky Mountains when they met at dawn to begin a hike to the summit of Mount Shavano. But one man didn’t make it back down until the next day.
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Hiking the Azores into lush mountains and stormy North Atlantic weather
NPR correspondent Brian Mann went trekking on Sao Miguel, one of the most remote islands in the North Atlantic. He found volcanic mountains, birdsong, solitude and lots of rain.
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Maine’s Mount Agamenticus: A hike for all seasons
Only two hours from Providence, Agamenticus is a pleasant diversion from the clam shacks and ice cream stands in nearby York, Ogunquit and Wells.