Weez Walk – A Saunter Around Hong Kong Island

2024-04-22T08:14:38-05:00April 17, 2024|Great Saunter, Uncategorized|

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 ...

Visit to the Austrian Cultural Forum New York

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

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 ...

Chill

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

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 ...

Islands in the River

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

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 ...

Why Shorewalkers Stands Out

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

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 ...

What Shorewalkers Means to Me

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

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 ...

Interview with Shorewalker Hike Leader Gerry Matusiewicz 2015

2021-11-18T13:45:27-05:00January 31, 2015|Uncategorized|

About five years ago, invited by a friend, Gerry very much enjoyed a group walk through lower Manhattan.  Pleased by the walk and the sights, Gerry quickly became an avid walker.  He looked into the many walking groups, tried a few, and found Shorewalkers particularly appealing.  Shorewalkers features a wide ...

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