2015: The Year of Adventure (To Prevent a Digital Based Breakdown)
As the Chair of the Board of Directors for Lasting Adventures, I’ve managed to make a career, and a decent one at that, built on the rise of information and communication technology. Stop me when this sounds familiar, but I think we can all agree that the effects of 60+ hour work weeks that are entirely centered […]
Give the Gift of Adventure – Yosemite Hiking, Backpacking, and Summer Camps
It’s that time of the year again! The holidays are upon us, and we want to encourage everyone to think about what their family would really benefit most from in 2015. Here at Lasting Adventures, we believe in the power of adventure, specifically that of the Yosemite backcountry. After 18 years as Yosemite’s premiere guide service […]
Mission One Health: Yosemite
A collaboration between UC Davis School of Education & Lasting Adventures Adventure Enrichment Camp for students exiting grades 9-12 An opportunity to explore how human, animal, and environmental health are linked while backpacking through the backcountry of Yosemite National Park. This week-long camp will use the natural laboratory of Yosemite National Park to investigate and […]
Lasting Adventures, Inc. to offer 50% off
Lasting Adventures, Inc. to offer 50% offYosemite Adventure Summer Camps for Gateway Youth. For our youth living in the Yosemite Gateway communities there has never been a better time to, as John Muir put it, “throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence!” […]
Yosemite Adventure Bracelets – A Summer Camp Tradition
Yosemite Summer Camp Tradition After nearly a full week of adventure in Yosemite National Park, each youth participant in our summer camp backpacking series is “branded” with a bracelet. This “Adventure Bracelet” as it has come to be named, serves to remind the youth about the awesome week-long adventure they accomplished in the Yosemite backcountry. […]
Yosemite Summer Camp Reaches 18-year Anniversary
Exhausted and feeling as if though they could not go much further, the group of seven boys, five girls, and three leaders cautiously inched upwards along the granite “shoulder” leading to the summit of Clouds Rest at 9,926’ in Yosemite National Park. This group of 13- through 15-year-olds, most from the Western U.S., had already […]
Lasting Adventures Season In Review
A Backcountry Wedding to Start the Season Despite the Rim Fire, our brief evacuation, and the Government Shut-Down; Lasting Adventures, Inc. had an amazing season filled with many accomplishments. Below are some of the highlights. Our season began early due to a dry Spring, and obvious signs of the dry summer to come. Early backpacking […]
3 Yosemite Backpacking Trips This Fall NOT To Miss Out On! Special Discounts Inside!
The Rim Fire is only in northwest Yosemite, and is now almost completely under control. The roads are all open, the crowds are gone, and we can’t wait to help you make the most of Yosemite’s spectacular fall season. As if you needed another reason to escape your laptop or take the family on a […]
“3 Summits, 3 Sunsets”…and 1 incredible journey”
“Looking Forward to Another Hiking Adventure…Next Summer!” – TripAdvisor Review
“The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“Overnight Trip To May Lake” – TripAdvisor Review
Yosemite Adventure That Will ACTUALLY Last A Lifetime!
Being able to be on the trails each week in the Yosemite backcountry with our youth camps, the staff here at Lasting Adventures are privileged to get to make an impact on the lives of many children each summer. This summer however, we had the chance to make a different type of impact – one that […]
Yosemite Summer Family Special
In honor of Father’s Day and in an effort to encourage families to come out to one of the world’s most iconic natural parks, we are offering a 50% discount on any guided day hike or backpacking trip if you book before June 24th! If you and your family are looking for a memorable summer […]
Yosemite National Park’s #1 Guide Service Gets Social
Here at Lasting Adventures, we’ve been working tirelessly to improve our guided trips and summer camps each and every year. Due to the success the last several years, we have continued to expand our Yosemite Guide Staff, as well as our online presence. This spring, we rolled out a new website, and we are now […]
Early Honeymoon
Just returned from a three day excursion with two satisfied and smiley clients, Dan and Tami. They didn’t only accomplish their lifelong dream of peaking Cloud’s Rest and Half Dome whilst viewing Nevada and Vernal Falls, but are to be wed atop Yosemite’s Glacier Point on Tuesday the 4th of June. They planned their honeymoon […]