Weez Walk – A Saunter Around Hong Kong Island

Weez Walk – A Saunter Around Hong Kong Island

A unique event, Weez Walk is the Asian equivalent of Shorewalkers’ Great Saunter, taking place over an extended period during January and February each year in Hong Kong. It’s a walk OR run around the 62.5km (39 mi) perimeter of Hong Kong Island. A little longer than the Great Saunter ...

2024-04-30T08:15:00-05:00April 17, 2024|Great Saunter, Uncategorized|

Visit to the Austrian Cultural Forum New York

One of the advantages of being a Shorewalker is that we have many friends in New York City, which enables us sometimes to get exclusive access to certain events and locations. In this case it was Sigrid Stropnik, our board treasurer, hike leader and born Austrian, who introduced us to the ...

2023-11-08T09:26:14-05:00November 8, 2023|Hike Report, Uncategorized|

Chill

New York City just gained a 5.5 acre beach on the Hudson River Park’s Peninsula. Opposite the Whitney Museum of Art, this site which includes a resilient rocky beach,  boardwalk, fitness area and a salt marsh seeded with oysters, is built on land instead of the acres of piers jutting ...

2023-11-09T09:05:37-05:00October 7, 2023|Uncategorized|

Islands in the River

You have walked the Great Saunter, the 32-33 mile perimeter of Manhattan seeing parts of NY rarely if ever seen by New Yorkers and then returned to visit its major waterside sites such as the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, the High Line and Little Island. Now let's take ...

2023-04-25T07:31:19-05:00April 22, 2023|Uncategorized|

Why Shorewalkers Stands Out

By Laura Clark, Brigitte Stark-Merklein and Maureen Barodin (Shorewalkers Hike Leader Committee). At the beginning of the new year, the Shorewalkers Hike Leader Committee had the enjoyable task of reviewing our hike leaders’ accomplishments in 2022. As we were putting together a summary of the year’s hikes, we couldn’t help ...

2023-01-28T13:03:26-05:00January 28, 2023|Articles, Hike Report, Uncategorized|

Inspired by the New York City Marathon—Start Shorewalking!

NYC Marathon Walk by Laury Clark, Bridget Stark-Merklein and Maureen Barodin Nearly 50,000 runners and walkers spent the first Sunday in November pounding the pavement from Staten Island to Central Park in the NYC Marathon—but for many people, covering 26.2 miles in a single day seems a distant ...

2023-01-28T08:42:35-05:00November 17, 2022|Articles|

What Shorewalkers Means to Me

I’ve long been a walker. In High School my boyfriend and I would walk from midtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge, catching the subway to Brighton Beach at DeKalb Avenue. I loved the sense of accomplishment and self-reliance derived from getting to a destination entirely on my own power. I ...

2022-11-07T12:44:16-05:00November 6, 2022|Articles, Uncategorized|

Great Saunter Fall Challenge 2022

Four hundred twenty-five people took part in the Great Saunter Challenge 2022, including participants from 32 states, Canada and the United Kingdon.  Twenty Shorewalkers hike leaders led 18 hikes in the 16-day challenge. Below are some of the images that were shared with Shorewalkers.   Top row from left: Joseph ...

2022-11-10T02:41:53-05:00October 15, 2022|Iconic Walks, Hike Report|
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