About Shawn
Hello! I’m Shawn, and I have a background in park management and conservation. I love traveling, and during my trips, I often discover efforts to protect the natural areas that make these places so wonderful and beautiful. I’m sharing these here.
My Completed Walk List. It’s like a Birder List…But Less Passionate.
Mt. Pico, Azores
Laurisilva Forest & Levadas, Madeira Island
Tarkine and Overland Track, Tasmania
Lofoten Islands, Norway
Lake Atitlan, La Ruta Maya, Guatemala
Kalalau Trail, Kauai
Mt. Whitney, California
John Muir Trail, California
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
Colorado River by dory through Grand Canyon, and walking South Rim to North Rim
Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Supai Village, Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon
Ancient Bristle Cone Pine Forest, California
Fairyland Loop Bryce Canyon, Utah
Backbone Trail Santa Monica Mountains, California
The Lycian Way, Turkiye
Channel Islands, National Park
Bahia, Salvador & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Costa Rica Rainforests
Milford Track, New Zealand
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Dry Tortugas National Park & Ancient Forests of the Everglades, Florida
The Narrows, Zion
Keet Seel Ruins, Navajo National Monument
Jordan Trail, Dana to Petra
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Rogue River Wild & Scenic Trail, Oregon
Mt. Toubkal, Morocco
Okavango Delta & Chobe safari walks, Botswana
Plitvice, Croatia
Danum Valley Rainforest, Borneo
Gunung Lesser National Park Rainforest, Sumatra
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Glacier Bay National Park, Denali National Park along the Alaska Highway
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda (Gorilla Trekking)
Maroon Bells, Colorado
Mt. Meru, Mt. Kenya, Katavi, Mt. Kilimanjaro, East Africa
Tour du Mont Blanc, France, Italy, Switzerland
Patagonia W Trail, Chile
Pingvellir, Gullfoss, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island
Picos de Europa, Spain
Sedona, Arizona…all the trails!
Banff & Jasper, Canada
The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Vermillion Cliffs
Upper Antelope Slot Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Cyamundongo, Rwanda
Upcoming:
Great Bear Rainforest
Simien Mountains
Reunion Islands
Madagascar
Baffin Islands
Amazon
Pantanal
Iguazu Falls
Japan's Mt. Fuji, Wayfarers Trail, Kumano Kodo & Yakushima Forest