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What the Camino de Santiago teaches us about the first step. By: Will Heaps The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage that traditionally passes through the northern provinces of Spain. It was walked 1,000 years before Christ in celebration of the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. The route ended at Finisterre, meaning “the end […]
No Half Dome Permit? No Problem!
The Best Yosemite Summits Without a Permit By: Otto Ross No Half Dome Permit? No Problem! While Half Dome is certainly an iconic Yosemite destination, acquiring permits in the lottery can be an arduous and frustrating ordeal. Here are five amazing summits in Yosemite National Park that allow you to skip the permit process […]
Our Winter Review: Oros Apparel
We love summer! It’s our season. The weather is warm, the grass is green and the backcountry campfires seem endless. So needless to say when we decided to offer winter trips for the first time we didn’t entirely know what we were getting ourselves into. Sure I’d considered myself a seasoned snow person. I’ve been […]
Featured Gear Review: Gregory’s Jade and Zulu Backpacks
Looking for a new backpack? Read our review on Gregory’s Jade and Zulu backpacks! This year we put Gregory’s latest packs, the Zulu & Jade, up to the test of a busy summer season with Yosemite’s #1 rated guide company. Here’s our take on how they did out there in the wilderness. Here at Lasting Adventures, we […]
Leave No Trace Principles For Backpacking In Yosemite
At Lasting Adventures, one of our most cherished responsibilities is to be stewards of the parks and lands we love. To this end, I had the amazing opportunity to become a Leave No Trace Master Educator while backpacking through Saguaro National Park last week. The course focused on principles to minimize our impact and educate […]
Hike Half Dome – Your Adventure Bucket List Item to Check Off
Check out our Backpack trips that include Half Dome such as our 4-day Half Dome Backpacking Trip, our famous 6-day Cathedral Lakes to Clouds Rest & Half Dome and our breathtaking 6-day Tuolumne Meadows to Half Dome Backpacking trips. While the typical Half Dome in-a-day hike is certainly an adventure and a challenge, it may not […]
Hiking Half Dome: Everything You Need To Know – A Client’s Perspective
We had a remarkable (aren’t they all) trip hiking Half Dome with Melissa, and her blog here covers everything you would need to know about the trip! From her recommended gear list to what you can expect, we couldn’t agree more with her overview of the Half Dome experience! Here is an excerpt from her post about […]
Yosemite Adventure Summer Camps – Highlights From Our Program Director
As the program director for Lasting Adventures, one of my favorite Yosemite backpacking memories is from my first trip guiding for Lasting Adventures during a summer camp in June, 2013. After 5 days of backpacking through the beautiful meadows of Lyle Canyon, swimming in chilly, high altitude lakes and sitting in awe of the dramatic […]
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 […]