Have you heard of the inspiring American adventurer named Andrew Skurka who specialises in ultra-light long distance hikes and ultra running. He has previously been awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the year for completing some huge hikes.

Read about his latest adventure here. This exciting solo 4700 mile Alaskan loop sounds extremely challenging.

Best of luck from the UK Andrew. 

Have you heard about the Coastal Access Act which I mentioned a while ago.

Just seen this update courtesy from the British Mountaineering Council

It seems the Right to our coastline is moving in the right direction

Just as a sideline the BMC offers very reasonable insurance for climbers, hikers and mountaineers with many levels of cover available.

Maybe at sometime in the future we will have a long distance trail in this country equalling the Length of the Continental Divide trail in the USA

                                       Hiking in Gila Wilderness New Mexico

I have put together some more interesting links about wolf related issues in North America. It seems these animals create a lot of waves.

Hunting and Conservation

I think that many serious hunters are as much into preserving the natural environment as anyone. See these links

Wolf and wildlife studies A mass of information here including a long list of environment news articles

Defenders of wildlife Information on the success of wolves reintroduction in the USA and further potential areas 

Conservation and hunting issues

Personally I think hunting can be good for conservation

Cool Green Science blog Great article on wolf hunting / conservation issues

Hunting for wolves? I found this article on hunting in Idaho

Hunting from the air? Aerial wolf gunning

US Fish and Wildlife Service a mass of information here including hunting