The 6th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival will be offering Outdoor Nature Photography workshops during the ten day hiking festival, Sept. 11-20, 2009. Instructor & professional photographer, Wally Hayes, is reknown for his incredible photos with NS Tourism, Culture, & Heritage now totalling over 600,000. Many can be seen on novascotia.com website as well in the Nova [...]
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Photography Workshops
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Photography, Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Loon, Wally Hayes, Freshwater Lake Hiking Trail, Warren Lake Hiking Trail, Ns Tourism Culture & Heritage, 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands Workshops, Outdoor Nature Photography Workshop, Wally Vision, NS Doers and Dreamers Guide, novascotia.com, Sugar Loaf Mountain Hiking Trail on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Three Peaks Challenge – A Gruelling 24hrs Experience
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Hiking Boots, International Trekking, Outdoor Gear, Trekking, Trekking Poles, Trekking Trips, Walking Wales, tagged 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Ben Nevis, England, Hike the Highlands Festival Evening Events, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Lake District, Scafell Pike, Scotland, Snowdon, Three Peaks Challenge, Wales on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At Hike the Highlands Festival this year, you will have the opportunity to meet and hear hiker Lori Burke talk about her amazing experience – preparing and completing the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge (Wikipedia)in 24 hours.. She will be presenting on Friday, Sept. 18th at 7:00 pm. at conference room, Glenghorm Beach Resort, Ingonish at 7:00 pm. [...]
Hiking with a Pedometer
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Nordic Walking Poles, North River Big Falls, North River Falls, North River Provinicial Park, Trekking Poles, tagged Active Living, Highest Waterfalls in Nova Scotia, Hike the Highlands Festival, North River Falls, Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Tourism, Participaction, Pedometer on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With Hike the Highlands Festival just 3 weeks away, I have been busy getting ready for the ten days of hiking and 100 kms. Today I hiked North River Big Falls – 18kms return with my pedometer in a little over 4.5 hours… Pretty proud of myself especially in 30 degrees temp plus high humidity.
So how [...]
Photography Important Part of Hiking Festival
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Backpacker Magazine, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Explore Magazine, Franey Hiking Trail, Geocaching, Guided Wilderness Hiking Adventures, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Middlehead Hiking Trail, Photography, tagged Digital cameras, DSLR cameras, Hike the Highlands Festival, Ns Tourism Culture & Heritage, Outdoor Nature Photography, Point and Shoot digital Cameras, Wally Hayes on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With nine new hikes and four popular hikes from the past, this is an incredible year for new photo opportunities and a great photo contest for 6th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival, Sept. 11-20, 2009.
The digital photo cameras, both point and shoot and DSLR are improving each year and now capturing photos in 10 megaixals [...]
Cape Breton Highlands National Park – Staff picks: Trails
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Acadien Hiking Trail, Bog Hiking Trail, Broad Cove Mountain, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Fishing Cove Hiking Trail, Franey Hiking Trail, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Middlehead Hiking Trail, Salmon Pool Hiking Trail, Skyline Hiking Trail, tagged Hike the Highlands Festival, Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands, Franey Hiking Trail, Middle Head Hiking Trail, Skyline Hiking Trail, Coastal Hiking Trail, Hiking in Cape Breton, Clyburn Valley Hiking Trail, Fishing Cove Hiking Trail, CBHNP, Hiking Tips, broad Cove Mountain Hiking Trail, Le Buttereau hiking Trail, L'Acadien hiking trail, Salmon Pools hiking Trail on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hiking is one of the most popular activities of visitors to Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Staff have been asked for their picks of hiking trails to help visitors enjoy the National Park experience. Ten were selected and they are 1) L’Acadien, 2) Franey, 3) Bog, 4) Jack Pine, 5) Skyline, 6) Glasgow Lakes Look-off, 7) MacIntosh [...]
Checklist for Hike the Highlands Festival
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Broad Cove Mountain, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Cape St. Lawrence Hike, Fishing Cove Hiking Trail, Franey Hiking Trail, Geocaching, Guided Wilderness Hiking Adventures, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Middlehead Hiking Trail, Nordic Walking, Nordic Walking Poles, North River Big Falls, Outdoor Gear, Photography, Red ISland Hiking Trail, Red Island Guided Walk, Salmon Pool Hiking Trail, Skyline Hiking Trail, Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, Trekking Poles, tagged Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking Boots, Deuter Futura 28 AC Daypack, GPS, Trekking Poles, Outdoor Nature Photography, Checklist for Hiking, Hiking Gear, daypack, Hiking with Poles, Nordic Walking on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With just 3-4 weeks away before the 6th Annual Hike the Highlands festival – Sept. 11-20, it is time to get out the checklist and start getting ready for the hiking festival.
1) review the hiking schedule and trail info and decide what hikes you will be going on as well workshops.
2) review the list of accommodation and book [...]
Dressing in Layers for Hiking
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Backpacker Magazine, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Geocaching, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, MEC, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Outdoor Gear, tagged Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, West Highland Way, base layer, middle layer, outer layer, CoolMax, Dressing in Layers, Hiking Tips, hiking clothes, Polartec Power Dry, GoLite, REI MTS on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You have probably heard this phrase before – dress in layers for hiking. Does it work, yes and proven by thousands of hikers around the world. I have been testing my equipment lately getting ready for a busy fall hiking season with Hike the Highlands Festival and hiking the West Highland Way.
There are three layers [...]
Backpacker Sept. 2009 Issue – Catches My Attention
Posted in Backpacker Magazine, Hiking Tips, tagged 2009 Outdoor Apparel Guide, Backpacker, Backpacker Magazine, Boy Scout, Digital Trips, Pancakes with Beer, September 2009 Backpacker Magazine on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The September issue of Backpacker Magazine is out now and there are several articles that caught my eye. 1) ” Are you smarter than a Boy Scout ?, “ by Jim Gorman which also includes the Boy Scout Quiz..twenty six questions, 2) 2009 Apparel Guide with 20 testers-approved layers, 3) Higher Education – Should this kid climb Mt. Everest? [...]
Franey & Wide Angle Lens
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Franey Hiking Trail, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Nordic Walking Poles, Trekking Poles, tagged Hike the Highlands Festival, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Franey Hiking Trail, Wally Hayes, Wide Angle Lens, Sigma Lens on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I hiked Franey trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on a nice summer day with a breeze. I met a graduate student, doing her Masters in Biology from St. John, NB and a chap with FAA in Boston, Mass while on top of Franey taking pictures with a 10-20 mm Sigma wide angle [...]
Getting in Shape for Hike the Highlands
Posted in 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival, CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Nordic Walking Poles, Outdoor Gear, Trekking Poles, tagged fox river socks, Getting in hiking shape, Hike the Highlands Festival, hikers distance award program, Hiking Boots, Scarpa Kailish GTX Hiking Boots, smart wool socks, wigwam socks on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No matter how many days you plan to hike in this year’s Hike the Highlands Festival – Sept. 11-20, 2009, you must begin now to prepare and get in shape. With five weeks to go before the festival starts, you have time to build your fitness level up to handle the longer hikes and or two [...]
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