Long Weekend Adventure Guide, Packing Tips, More!

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September 2013 Extreme Photo of the Week 100 Best Adventure Towns 20 Hikers' Dream Trails Adventure Bucket List Best Surf Towns Long Weekend Adventure Guide Master the three-day weekend getaway with advice from trusted locals in adventure towns so vibrant and authentic that you may never want to leave. Find out where to hike, bike, paddle, eat, imbibe, and sleep. Plus: we'll add a new town every Tuesday! • See the Towns Including • Jackson, Wyoming • Telluride, Colorado • Montauk, New York   Blind Date, Alaska Style Their goal was to bike and packraft 200 rugged miles of Alaska's Lost Coast. And they were complete strangers.   Long Weekend Packing Lists Use our cheat sheet for packing for the best weekend getaway of your life.   Hiking the John Muir Trails The 211-mile John Muir Trail draws wild-eyed wanderers from around the world. Our eager writer hikes the whole thing.     Untamed Antarctica They'd heard about the wild winds that lash icy Queen Maud Land. But this team of hard-core climbers got more than they bargained for. New Trips Grand Canyon Hiking Adventure New Zealand Multi-Sport Adventure Tanzania Walking Safari Adventures With NG Photographers   Crushing Summit Fever Sometimes summiting just isn't going to happen, as these climbers learned on Peru's Ausangate.   Climbing Mammoth Lakes Mammoth Lakes lures skiers with some of the best snow in the country. But in summer, it's a heaven for rock climbers.   Nobody's River: Journey's End Our all-women kayaking team completed their 5,000-mile journey across Mongolia and Russia.   Gear: Fat-Tire Biking and Packrafting Alaska By going light, trips are often more fun because of the nimbleness found in not being burdened with excess equipment. You are receiving this email because las.ratnayake.phototips@blogger.com is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please unsubscribe. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how. Contact Us | Privacy Policy | About Us | Customer Service National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2013 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved.