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Pain-free wilderness trekking—hut-to-hut hiking in the White Mountains, mule packing the Sierra Nevadas, and base-camping in the Alaskan wilderness—will help you and your family reinvent the notion of roughing on the trail. more...

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Stretches of Spain
Endless sun, 230 miles, 28 days, and a giant snag—one family's transformative journey by kayak down the Guadalquivir River more...   
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