The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

CRAIG HILL

Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about  adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com

JEFFREY P. MAYOR

Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com

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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 04:17:14 pm

From Mount Rainier National Park:

Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga has announced a planning effort to address needed repairs to a damaged section of the
historic Wonderland Trail in the Carbon River Valley. The damaged section is currently being bypassed via an existing spur trail to the Northern Loop Trail. The spur trail includes a foot log crossing over the Carbon River which is prone to washing out during the spring and fall.

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Posted by Craig Hill @ 12:19:29 pm

This story will run in tomorrow's TNT:

Volunteers who maintained a popular hut for cross country skiers south of Ashford say they are baffled over what caused a fire that destroyed the structure sometime in the last month.

“We are fairly certain that there was no human cause to the fire because it is so extremely inaccessible,” said Judy Scavine, a board member of the Mount Tahoma Trails Association. Members of the volunteer organization maintain 50 miles of trails and four huts in the area.

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