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A Reminder of Why We Love Wilderness

My 3-day excursion into the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness with a couple of buddies last weekend was intended to be a hike, not a pilgrimage. But after viewing the following National Park Service visual paean to wilderness and the Wilderness Act of 1964, maybe it was a little of both: For me, our trek into this open space in north-central Washington state (established in 1984 inside the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests) on the eastern periphery of North Cascades National Park Complex ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on September 2, 2011 5:27 PM & Tagged Hiking, Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness, Wilderness Act, backpacking, national parks and wilderness | permalink | Comments