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		<title>Saving Hot Springs Canyon in Santa Barbara &#8211; Getting to know my new home</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/11/21/saving-hot-springs-canyon-in-santa-barbara-getting-to-know-my-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am just settling into Santa Barbara and am already feeling the urge to stand up and fight for the open spaces here. I&#8217;ve had a few minutes here and there to pore over some maps and scan the area and start to build a long-term plan on exploring the mountains just to the north [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Chapter &#8211; Leaving San Diego</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/10/26/a-new-chapter-leaving-san-diego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like I said in an earlier post. It&#8217;s been quiet here. &#8216;Here&#8217; as in this blog, but not &#8216;here&#8217; as in my life. 100 Peaks is once again evolving. I am writing from a hotel room. I accepted a position with an incredible company in Santa Barbara. Today was my second day at work and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Jerry Schad &#8211; Is the Coast to Crest Trail the right trail?</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/10/01/honoring-jerry-schad-is-the-coast-to-crest-trail-the-right-trail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/10/01/honoring-jerry-schad-is-the-coast-to-crest-trail-the-right-trail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you likely know, legendary hiker and professor Jerry Schad passed away recently. Many people have expressed how he had touched their lives. Once I was an adult, I started my hiking history in Orange County, using his book as my sole reference to the surrounding trails. My girlfriend at the time, (she&#8217;s my wife, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellowstone National Park &#8211; A huge park with many personalities</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/08/23/yellowstone-national-park-a-huge-park-with-many-personalities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/08/23/yellowstone-national-park-a-huge-park-with-many-personalities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before arriving at Yellowstone National Park, from what I had seen before, and most recently in the Ken Burns&#8217; documentary America&#8217;s Best Idea, I had an impression that Yellowstone was going to be a vast, chalky landscape that smelled like sulfur with steam hissing all over the place. And bison, tons of bison. Well, it was that, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Two Year Anniversary of 100 Peaks &#8211; A Pause for Reflection</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/06/28/the-two-year-anniversary-of-100-peaks-a-pause-for-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a day after I hiked Boucher Hill, I passed the two year mark. It&#8217;s been two years since I saw the San Diego Sierra Club&#8217;s List and decided I wanted to hike them all and write a guidebook about it. It&#8217;s been two years since I hiked Iron Mountain for the first time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry Schad &#8211; Wish him well</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/06/06/jerry-schad-wish-him-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/06/06/jerry-schad-wish-him-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have heard from several sources that Jerry Schad, the author of the Afoot and Afield books, which have guided many of my hikes around Orange County and San Diego since my youth, hasn&#8217;t been feeling well lately. I won&#8217;t go into any details, since I have no firsthand knowledge, but I would ask everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife Research Institute &#8211; Hawkwatch in the Ramona Grasslands</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/02/12/wildlife-research-institute-hawkwatch-in-the-ramona-grasslands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/02/12/wildlife-research-institute-hawkwatch-in-the-ramona-grasslands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, I went to the Hawkwatch at the Wildlife Research Institute in the Ramona Grasslands. It was a great experience and Sophie really enjoyed it. We saw plenty of wildlife, including a lone coyote loping across the next field over to the north. It is held every Saturday in January and February from 9am-12pm. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Active with a Goal in Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/01/31/being-active-with-a-goal-in-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/01/31/being-active-with-a-goal-in-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the start of the New Year, I started up my exercise routine. Rather than a weekly hike (ideally), and an occasional 3-mile jog from my house, I started working out again with the incredible people at Gut Check Fitness. This has required me to get up early (5:15AM) to the point that I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manza Benchmark &#8211; Peak 53 &#8211; A Windy Hike along the Sunset Trail in Mount Laguna</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/01/23/manza-benchmark-peak-53-a-windy-hike-along-the-sunset-trail-in-mount-laguna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This topic has been coming up a lot lately in my conversations: Have you ever met an unfriendly hiker? In all sorts of other recreational activities, it seems like there are hotheads and inconsiderate people. But hikers, in my experience, reach some sort of meditative state where they are at some sort of peace with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve West &#8211; No peaks, but a beautiful hike</title>
		<link>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/01/16/santa-ysabel-open-space-preserve-west-no-peaks-but-a-beautiful-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.100peaks.com/2011/01/16/santa-ysabel-open-space-preserve-west-no-peaks-but-a-beautiful-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a group of people that I come in contact with. They pour over maps and make note of every little high point, some that are named and some aren&#8217;t. They sit at home and close their eyes, imagining what it would be like to look at the surrounding landscape from that vantage point. [...]]]></description>
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