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(Y. Friedman 2015)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-06-29-17-35-47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014-06-29 17.35.47</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-06-29-18-26-05.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014-06-29 18.26.05</image:title><image:caption>A boy and his canoe</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-06-30-20-19-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2015-06-30 20.19.23</image:title><image:caption>Undisturbed moss covered trunks in Follensby area.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-06-29-17-37-25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014-06-29 17.37.25</image:title><image:caption>Follensby Clear Pond. Early morning.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-28T13:41:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/07/21/scotts-shoes-for-the-appalachian-trail-record-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/110180_684_a_zm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>110180_684_a_ZM</image:title><image:caption>Brooks Pure Grit 3 trail shoes</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/110202_214_a_zm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>110202_214_a_ZM</image:title><image:caption>Brooks Pure Grit 4 trail shoes</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11698365_10153613237540329_6942549513660640957_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11698365_10153613237540329_6942549513660640957_n</image:title><image:caption>Jurek closing in on Mt. Katahdin, a terminus of the AT, wearing Brooks Pure Grit trail shoes (from his FB page)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10984296_10153618898760329_4758907913103289304_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10984296_10153618898760329_4758907913103289304_n</image:title><image:caption>Scott Jurek shows his feet after 2,180 miles on the AT (from Scott Jurek's Facebook page)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-21T17:38:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/02/01/on-the-trail-hiking-alongside-evolution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hershkovitz-2015-manot-figure-2b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hershkovitz-2015-manot-figure-2b</image:title><image:caption>Manot-1 partial skull with features of ancient hominid and Neandratal (photo: Prof. I. Hershkovitz, in Nature, on-line Jan. 2015)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/site_1393_0005-260-260-20120625142943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>site_1393_0005-260-260-20120625142943</image:title><image:caption>Tabun Cave, site of pre-historic human activity,  lies next to the Israel National Trail (phto: Albatross Aerial Photography)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tj11801_090611_170044_634669.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tj11801_090611_170044_634669</image:title><image:caption>Blue, white and orange triple color blaze of the Israel National Trail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tabun-cave.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tabun Cave</image:title><image:caption>Looking into Tabun cave. Neandratal remains were found in the middle layers and ancient hominid remains above and below.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nachal-meorotview.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nachal meorotview</image:title><image:caption>View of the Mediterranean from Nachal Meorot</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-14T15:29:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/05/12/trailer-for-run-free-the-story-of-caballo-blanco/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/caballo_1235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caballo Blanco in the CopperCanyon. Photo by Leslie Gaines.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-12T22:33:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/05/05/off-the-trail-the-anthropocene-is-here-to-stay/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-05T23:50:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/04/26/1030/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/everest-master675.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EVEREST-master675</image:title><image:caption>from nytimes.com (04/25/15) The base camp at Mount Everest after an avalanche on Saturday. Credit Azim Afif/via Associated Press</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-26T03:59:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/04/12/on-the-trail-another-new-trail-shoe-trend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1-hoka-hiking-boots-800x449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1.-Hoka-Hiking-Boots-800x449</image:title><image:caption>Hoka One One boot. Photo by Brian Metzler, from running.competitor.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-13T00:03:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/04/03/the-grass-survives-again/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-03T03:57:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/03/26/walk-in-alone-walk-out-together/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-27T01:02:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/02/27/on-the-trail-personal-challenges-and-personal-agency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/feat_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>feat_img1</image:title><image:caption>http://gearjunkie.com/winter-running</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/solar-eclipse-space-moon-earth-sun-other-485x728.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar-eclipse-space-moon-earth-sun-other-485x728</image:title><image:caption>http://www.listofimages.com/solar-eclipse-space-moon-earth-sun-other.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/winterwoods.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>winterwoods</image:title><image:caption>http://www.andyjrichardson.co.uk/andy%20richardson11.html</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-27T19:49:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/02/16/on-the-trail-winter-singularity-and-theism/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/winter-trail-snow-forest_-_west_virginia_-_forestwander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Winter-trail-snow-forest_-_West_Virginia_-_ForestWander</image:title><image:caption>(Forestwander.com via Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/still-01.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Still 01</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-17T18:16:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/02/10/tenacity-on-the-trail-everyday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gcking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Golden Crowned Kinglet</image:title><image:caption>Kelly Azar, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden-crowned_Kinglet/lifehistory</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/treeinrock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>treeinrock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kensettcatskill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KensettCatskill</image:title><image:caption>Catskill Waterfall, John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), at Yale Museum of Art</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T17:55:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/12/23/on-the-trail-walking-and-newness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/salopek-signature_63570_600x450.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salopek-signature_63570_600x450</image:title><image:caption>Salopek interacts with villagers (photo by Paul Salopek) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/paul-salopek/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/outofeden-salopek-289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>outofeden-salopek-289</image:title><image:caption>Paul Salopek on his walk (http://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.com/)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T17:53:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/05/07/a-window-on-eternity-in-gorongosa-and-chernobyl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tim-and-tit-red-forest-img_6074s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Timothy Mousseau</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mousseau in Red Forest, Chernobyl (http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/Mousseau/Mousseau.html)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/514ab2acgcl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Window on Eternity</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T17:51:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/09/08/why-walking-helps-us-think-the-new-yorker/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/url.jpg</image:loc><image:title>url</image:title><image:caption>by Alex Majoli (Magnum), in The New Yorker Sep. 3, 2014</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T17:49:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/06/02/on-the-trail-one-dose-of-the-escarpment-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4518834707_a1359b92b1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4518834707_a1359b92b1</image:title><image:caption>Purple Trillium, photo by Jim Salge (www.vftt.org)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T17:47:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2015/01/12/on-the-trail-ski-shoeing-a-mix-of-cross-country-and-snow-shoeing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/l-cover-image3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>L-cover-image3</image:title><image:caption>Altai Hok skis, front, and back, showing climbing skin (http://altaiskis.com/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/asia-map-with-circle3-150x150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asia-map-with-circle3-150x150</image:title><image:caption>(http://altaiskis.com/about-us/skiers-of-the-altai/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpid-test1-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ski-shoeing In the Altai Mountains</image:title><image:caption>Ski-shoeing In the Altai Mountains (https://altaiskis.wordpress.com/, Nils Image)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-13T21:11:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/12/05/on-the-trail-boots-on-the-ground/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/home-hero-wild2x.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home-hero-wild@2x</image:title><image:caption>"Wild" from Fox Searchlight Pictures, featuring Reese Witherspoon, and Danner boots,</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/31521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31521</image:title><image:caption>Danner;s Mountain Light Cascade</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T03:06:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/11/24/on-the-trail-an-ode-to-old-shoes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>230</image:title><image:caption>La Sportiva Helios</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/230-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>230-1</image:title><image:caption>La Sportiva Wildcat</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-28T13:48:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/11/14/on-the-trail-great-blue-and-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/great_blue_heron_11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great_blue_heron_11</image:title><image:caption>Great Blue Heron, by Greg Bishop, flickr.com/photos/gregbishop160/2928315528/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mpr_070302_100005_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MPR_070302_100005_L</image:title><image:caption>Great Blue Heron, by Marie Read, allaboutbirds.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-14T19:21:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/10/29/on-the-trail-a-walk-into-the-unknown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-7-25-22-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen-Shot-2014-10-29-at-7.25.22-AM</image:title><image:caption>adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-12-40-14-pm-583x590.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen-Shot-2014-10-29-at-12.40.14-PM-583x590</image:title><image:caption>adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-7-25-22-am-120x68.png</image:loc><image:title>River crossing on Myanmar expedition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-12-40-14-pm-120x68.png</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-29T18:28:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/10/01/on-the-trail-the-fast-keep-getting-faster/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/end_a_kimetto11_576x324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>end_a_kimetto11_576x324</image:title><image:caption>AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, from http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/index</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/m29707_01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>addidas Adizero Boost</image:title><image:caption>addidas Adizero Boost</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-02T12:50:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/09/22/off-the-trail-california-paradise-burning-the-new-yorker/</loc><lastmod>2014-09-23T02:46:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/09/17/on-the-trail-shelter-outside/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imgres-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>West Mountain Shelter</image:title><image:caption>West Mountain Shelter, Eric Koeppel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>West Mountain Shelter</image:title><image:caption>West Mountain Shelter (https://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartfixedgear/3651609457/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10759181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>West Mountain Shelter, Harriman State Park</image:title><image:caption>West Mountain Shelter (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10759181)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-18T02:15:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/08/13/on-the-trail-defining-trail/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-14T12:05:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/07/27/off-the-trail-a-new-perspective-on-dirt/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-13T01:16:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/06/26/on-the-trail-peer-into-the-shade/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/striped-maple-leaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>striped-maple-leaves</image:title><image:caption>Striped Maple, an understory tree (http://njurbanforest.com/about-nj-urban-forest/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/250px-hosta33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>250px-Hosta33</image:title><image:caption>Hostas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosta)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hiking-escarpment-trailbridge2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hiking-escarpment-trailbridge2</image:title><image:caption>Shade on the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills (http://www.nature-photography-in-the-rough.com/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hiking-escarpment-trail-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hiking-escarpment-trail-1</image:title><image:caption>Shade on the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills (http://www.nature-photography-in-the-rough.com/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_15391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shaded path on the Escarpment Trail</image:title><image:caption>Shade on the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills (http://www.nature-photography-in-the-rough.com/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/towsley-canyon-trail-shade-large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>towsley-canyon-trail-shade-large</image:title><image:caption>A shaded trail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_1539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rodgersia plant</image:title><image:caption>Rodgersia plant, thriving in the shade (http://jennifersthegardenlife.blogspot.com/2011/07/plant-to-love-rodgersia.html)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-27T13:40:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/05/12/on-the-trail-a-virtual-backpacking-trip-thru-yosemite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/254218511_295x166.jpg</image:loc><image:title>254218511_295x166</image:title><image:caption>from Project Yosemite by Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-12T21:19:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/02/24/on-the-trail-retreat-and-the-edge-effect/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ed-viesturs-435.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ed-viesturs</image:title><image:caption>photo by Jake Norton/adventure.nationalgeographic.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/02231412141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ed Visteurs</image:title><image:caption>photo by Jake Norton/adventure.nationalgeographic.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/0223141304.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0223141304</image:title><image:caption>Tenafly Nature Center 2014 (H. Friedman)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/0223141214.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0223141214</image:title><image:caption>Tenafly Nature Center at Rt. 9 (H. Friedman)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-12T15:20:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/03/27/on-the-trail-really-smart-socks/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-12T15:20:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/04/07/the-evolution-of-walking-from-laetoli-to-the-exodus-to-the-appalachian-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p10206821.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hiking in Chamonix</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/images.jpg</image:loc><image:title>images</image:title><image:caption>Tougas family (fimby.tougas.net)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/51s4anmkjll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pedestrianism</image:title><image:caption>Pedestrianism: when watching people walk was America's favorite spectator sport, by Matthew Algeo (image from Amazon.com)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p15.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/10_1/laetoli.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/00016895.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Exodus</image:title><image:caption>From Biblia Das Ist, Martin Luther (1486-1583), a depiction of the Exodus. Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-14T03:08:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/02/14/the-walk-backward-a-lesson-from-sochi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/imgres1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title><image:caption>Pikus-Pace wins silver at Sochi 2014 (NBCnews.com)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Noell Pikus Pace</image:title><image:caption>Noelle Pikus Pace
(Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cbr_wot_grmdc_a10_large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wm. Wordsworth</image:title><image:caption>William Wordsworth.
(c) The Wordsworth Trust; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-17T20:38:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/01/29/winter-ghosts-on-the-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0126141223.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0126141223</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0126141217.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0126141217</image:title><image:caption>Beech leaves have finally fallen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0126141124.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0126141124</image:title><image:caption>Beech tree in January</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-29T01:32:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/01/16/winter-light-what-does-your-shadow-say/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-stonehenge_sun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Stonehenge_(sun)</image:title><image:caption>By by simonwakefield [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-sundial_2r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Sundial_2r</image:title><image:caption>By liz west (Sundial) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/640px-sundial-person-e1343254206348.jpg</image:loc><image:title>640px-Sundial-person-e1343254206348</image:title><image:caption>Photo source: Wikipedia, by Willy Leenders</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-17T00:40:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/01/07/springtime-in-the-winter-but-no-promises/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0105141541.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0105141541</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shootsandleaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shootsandleaves</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/springshootsonwinterday.jpg</image:loc><image:title>springshootsonwinterday</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-08T00:29:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2014/01/03/achilles-tendon-treatment-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ernst-herter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Achilles</image:title><image:caption>Achilles, wounded. Depicted by Ernst Herter</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-03T17:38:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/12/22/running-in-the-snow-with-ozymandias/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-22T04:08:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/12/12/racing-the-antelope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Racing the Antelope cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-13T18:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/11/30/to-walk-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fdf345aa87baba6dc9fbeed38f5eb858.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fdf345aa87baba6dc9fbeed38f5eb858</image:title><image:caption>from www.outofeden.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-30T23:57:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/09/25/the-still-small-voice/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-05T21:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/11/05/to-be-or-not-to-be-barefoot-is-that-the-question/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-05T21:52:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/10/08/walking-in-a-fog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title><image:caption>Fog on Carris Hill Oct. 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-27T03:25:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/10/24/its-crunch-time-walkers/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-24T02:38:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/06/07/why-we-watch-walkers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/images.jpg</image:loc><image:title>graduation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/images-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parade march</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-08T20:40:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/07/05/austrolapithicus-on-breakneck-ridge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/images.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>images</image:title><image:caption>Austrolapithicus </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/images-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>images-1</image:title><image:caption>Ascending Breakneck Ridge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-08T20:35:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/08/23/walking-with-the-wisdom-of-the-crowd/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/514744213_1c0dcc8046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>514744213_1c0dcc8046</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/imgres.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/images.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>images</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-08T20:34:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/09/11/goodbye-hello-and-that-makes-all-the-difference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2004-12-31-23-00-00-391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004-12-31 23.00.00-39</image:title><image:caption>Old sole, new sole.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2004-12-31-23-00-00-46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004-12-31 23.00.00-46</image:title><image:caption>Photo on the cover of the La Sportiva Wildcat shoes </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2004-12-31-23-00-00-38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004-12-31 23.00.00-38</image:title><image:caption>The old (Asics Trail Sensor circa 2009) and the new (La Sportiva Wildcat circa 2013)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2004-12-31-23-00-00-39.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004-12-31 23.00.00-39</image:title><image:caption>The worn and the not yet worn.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-08T20:33:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/08/07/mount-sharp-the-galaxys-newest-hike/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pia16005_hithumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PIA16005_hithumb</image:title><image:caption>Curiosity rover tracks point toward Mt. Sharp. NASA/JPL photo.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/634120main_pia15292-fig2-43_800-600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>634120main_pia15292-Fig2-43_800-600</image:title><image:caption>NASA/JPL comparison of Mount Sharp to high Earth peaks.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pia16105_ip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PIA16105_ip</image:title><image:caption>Mount Sharp, seen from Mars rover Curiosity. NASA/JPL photo.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-07T23:45:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/07/28/200000-miles-driving-or-walking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/skimmerodantab.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>skimmerodantaB</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blueberrywild.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>blueberrywild</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/200000.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>200000</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-30T06:30:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/06/24/walking-as-a-way-of-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/index_pic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Andrew Skurka Sierra</image:title><image:caption>Andrew Skurka on the Sierra High Route</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/blue-ridge-hiking-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blue-Ridge-Hiking-Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-24T21:41:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/06/16/walking-to-remember/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/120.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>PHA Fun Walks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-16T23:51:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/05/30/walking-as-a-tonic/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/250px-condivm.gif</image:loc><image:title>CDT map</image:title><image:caption>Route of the Continental Divide Trail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/images.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>CDT sign</image:title><image:caption>The trail goes north and south. Water flows east and west.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-02T16:19:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/05/09/everest-and-the-end-of-terrestrial-exploration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/9-20-63.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9-20-63</image:title><image:caption>1963 Everest expedition</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-09T17:24:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/04/04/walking-home-a-short-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/walking-home.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walking-home</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-04T22:08:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/03/28/walking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/salopek-migrants4-1024x681.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-28T21:42:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/03/07/the-iditarod-2013-is-underway/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/thumbs_130303-1d1949.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbs_130303-1D1949</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/thumbs_130305-2d3143.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumbs_130305-2D3143</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-07T02:31:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com/2013/02/22/thats-using-your-feet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stanmeyer-gun1-768x466.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stanmeyer-Gun1-768x466</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thewalkahead.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1302_dispatch2_001_0667-768x466.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1302_dispatch2_001_0667-768x466</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T19:25:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thewalkahead.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-07-31T16:44:59+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
