The Mountaineers is a outdoor enthusiast group in Seattle made up of individuals of all ages who are devoted to exploring and protecting wilderness in the Pacific northwest. This fall a group of Mountaineer urban hikers decided to undertake a tour of all 27 newly opened or renovated public libraries in Seattle. The library system created a “library passport” with unique stamps for each branch and the Mountaineers are planning to trek to each one through some of Seattle’s most picturesque neighborhoods.

All told, the library tour hike will cover nearly 46 miles over several weekends this fall. If the Mountaineers are looking for some books to check out I recommend skimming my list of adventure travel book recommendations Too bad checking out a book would mean visiting a library more than once to make the return…

This idea of hiking to all the Seattle public libraries ties in well with our previous posts about urban hiking and hiking all the trails in a given guidebook (or city, state, etc.). Hats off to these city-dwelling Mountaineers for finding a creative way to make group hiking fun!

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4. Hike up, bike down
5. Christmas hike, New Year’s camping PLUS Santa goes rock climbing

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