Bike, Hike, and Paddle

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From January of 1996 to October of 2008, this site was called "Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza" and was hosted on AOL until they ceased such hosting. Over the years, I expanded the site to include much more than only backpacking, so the name is now Bike, Hike, and Paddle. Enjoy my efforts!
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Volunteer Vacation Videos

Summer is here and hiking is at its best, but how about "giving back" or "paying forward" with some volunteer work for our trails?  The American Hiking Society offers 70+ volunteer vacation opportunities across the country.  To give you a flavor of what a volunteer vacation is like, check out this video I made for AHS...



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Want to see more in depth what a week of trail work is like?  Check out these videos of projects I've participated in over the last few years...

In 2011, we built a bridge and also built several long sections of boardwalk with volunteers of the North Country Trail Association in Michigan...



We built a 31' bridge up at 9000 feet in Utah's Wasatch Mountains in 2010...



In 2011, we rebuilt a boardwalk in South Carolina's Francis Marion National Forest...



In 2010 we worked on extending the Buffalo River Trail in Arkansas...



And here's a listing of all my volunteer trail projects. I made videos of 14 of these projects.

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