By: Amelia Roland Believe it or not, summer is only a few months away! We know it can be hard to motivate your child into participating in anything other than group chats and Netflix binges, but what if we told you your child can have
5 Tips on Walking Confidently on Your Next Adventure! By: William Heaps Last fall my wife and I travelled to Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago. In my last entry, “START. TODAY.”, I discussed the history of the trail and the call it
How a 30 day Adventure in the Wilderness Will Change your Life By: Kimball Stewart (For more details, visit Yosemite Leadership Expedition.) A short backpacking trip is often enough to instill delight and gratification beyond what many other activities can offer. By simply stepping
Five Backpacking Recipes You’ll Drool Over By: Kimball Stewart Most people equate backpacking food with dehydrated food. Simply adding hot water to a bag of ingredients is easy and surprisingly tasty, but it’s not the only way to eat in the backcountry. After a long day
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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 Lyell Canyon, swimming in chilly,
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
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
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
