<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706252581877283693</id><updated>2011-08-01T09:36:11.936-07:00</updated><category term='The art of walking'/><title type='text'>Hamilton Hikers</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8706252581877283693/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hamilton Hikers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07250576903342808439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706252581877283693.post-7820444014998252468</id><published>2009-06-10T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T10:04:51.096-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The art of walking'/><title type='text'>The art of walking</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CFh1byv7gpc/SjEkuvWUlNI/AAAAAAAAAAk/N1Q9VwmKDXk/s1600-h/iStock_000007468837XSmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346094618068161746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CFh1byv7gpc/SjEkuvWUlNI/AAAAAAAAAAk/N1Q9VwmKDXk/s320/iStock_000007468837XSmall.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Poet Pepper Giardino once wrote, "Walking is good for solving problems - it's like the feet are little psychiatrists." It makes sense. I have experienced few obstacles that haven't softened or dissolved altogether after an early morning stroll along the Bruce Trail. Those who regularly take extended walks and hikes are some of the happiest people I know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.hamiltonhikers.ca/"&gt;Hamilton Hikers&lt;/a&gt; site was created to give Hamiltonians an internet resource for finding good walking trails, organizing group hikes, and hopefully developing new friendships. Some say that the web and nature aren't compatible: let's have fun proving them wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8706252581877283693-7820444014998252468?l=hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com/feeds/7820444014998252468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com/2009/06/welcome-to-our-debut-entry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8706252581877283693/posts/default/7820444014998252468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8706252581877283693/posts/default/7820444014998252468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hamiltonhikers.blogspot.com/2009/06/welcome-to-our-debut-entry.html' title='The art of walking'/><author><name>Hamilton Hikers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07250576903342808439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CFh1byv7gpc/SjEkuvWUlNI/AAAAAAAAAAk/N1Q9VwmKDXk/s72-c/iStock_000007468837XSmall.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
