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The highly anticipated Florida Hiking Festival, part of the Florida Trails Association’s annual conference, is kicking off Friday, March 28th in White Springs. The participants will have the option to take on several different hikes, all starting in White Springs in Suwannee County.  Hikers of all skill levels will be able to hike the Florida Trail, Suwannee River Wilderness Trail, and some other off-road bike trails.  Demonstrations and educational seminars about the hiking area and safety will also take place during the weekend.

To register, call 1-877-Hike-FLA or register onsite on Friday. The festival will run through March 30th.
 

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Survival knives got a cheesy image a few years back thanks to their overblown presentation in the Rambo movies. These knives are not just novelty items or barbaric tools of destruction. Survival knives provide all the common uses of a hunting knife but they also have a hollow handle that provides a compartment for easy storage of various items you may need while in the great outdoors. A survival knife can store matches, bandages, twine and some other useful survival items and keep them all dry.  This creates an easy to carry survival kit all in the palm of your hand. Some survival knives include a simple compass in the end of the handle as well.

When looking for a survival knife, make sure that the novelty of a handle encasement doesn’t over shadow the quality of the blade. After all, it is first and foremost a hunting knife. The blade should be sturdy and made of rust-proof materials. Many survival knives have both a serrated portion toward the top of the handle for sawing as well as a regular sharp blade at its tip for cutting and skinning. Buy a brand known for its robustness and then check out the extra survival equipment it can carry.

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New hiking software is now available for download to your blackberry to aid hikers in monitoring their health and safety while hiking this spring. The All Sport GPS program and the Trimble Outdoors program are both designed to track how far you have hiked, how many calories you are burning, and map your route. Many hikers these days take a cell phone with them to be able to call in case of an emergency or at least be tracked by the internal GPS tracking units inside. Adding a hiking software that can keep you safer and help you monitor your progress is a smart, easy addition to that piece of hiking equipment. 

Both programs are free for 30 days and then run for $5.99 per month or $39.99 for a year.

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The Cobequid Eco-Trails Society, with the help of the Department of Environment and Labour, and some private landowners, has gotten funding and approval to begin developing a new eco-trail through the Cobequid Mountain’s highest point. The hiking trail will run over 40 kilometers and is expected to be open year round for hikers and snowshoers. 

This will be the sixth hiking trail developed by the trail society. “Our province is blessed with pristine beauty and this trail will provide another opportunity to enjoy it,” said Minister of Environment and Labour, Mark Parent.

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On Sunday, March 16 over 200 hikers and conservationists gathered in Mount Cheaha to dedicate the new portion of the Pinhoti Hiking Trail. This new 140 mile trail connects Georgia to Alabama, completing the overall trailway that now runs from Maine to Alabama, connecting the MacKay and Appalachian trails.  The complete trail was adopted by the Appalachian Trail Conference in 1925 but only now has been completed – some 83 years later.

The entire trail spans over 2500 miles. Mount Cheaha, Alabama’s highest point, marks the Pinhoti Trail’s end. Six hikers to date have safely hiked the entire length of the new trailway.

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