gmyersut

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I began hiking right after moving to California in 1961 and did my first backpacking trip in 1967 in the Sequoia N.F. in what is now Golden Trout Wilderness. I celebrated high school graduation in 1969 with a 5-day backpacking trip into Yosemite N.P. starting from Hetch Hetchy, repeating that trip the next year. In 1971 and '72, I did many day hikes, or shorter overnight backpacking trips in: Big Sur; Muir Woods; Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Zion, and Grand Canyon NPs; Death Valley and Joshua Tree N. Mon. (now National Parks). Later in 1972, I started a 1-year vagabonding adventure in Europe and the Middle East in which I enjoyed great hikes in: Wales; Ireland; Scotland; Egypt; and Israel. In 1976, I did a 6-day 50-mile backpacking trip in the Hoover Wilderness and into the northern reaches of Yosemite N.P. After that trip, I moved to Missoula, MT where I began regular day hikes in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Mission Mountain Wilderness, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and Glacier National Park. In 1977, I did a 6-day 40-mile backpacking trip in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. After that trip, I had to content myself with frequent day hikes or overnight backpack trips into the mountain wilderness areas in Western Montana as a consequence of the age-old American problem -- how to balance recreation with school/career/family. My career has taken me to Alaska and now Utah, where I continue to hike, backpack, or snowshoe several times a month in the many wilderness areas and national parks near my home.

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