Place Odyssey and the Art of Walking is an experiment in better acquainting ourselves with the world we live in, one step at a time. It is inspired, in part, by High Sierra Camp loop trips in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park. One of the main goals of Place Odyssey is to provide opportunities for long-distance walking without the burden of carrying all of the necessary provisions. Another goal is to explore the idea of sense of place through deep immersion in landscape with all of our senses...including the sense of imagination. The main organizer and trip leader, Adrianna Hirtler, is an out of season National Park Service ranger naturalist who dreamt up the idea on a long walk in Yosemite. Like Odysseus, she struggled to get back to her home of Ithaca to make the dream a reality. Join us for a walking trip or contact us to develop a custom trip or program of your own.

Place Odyssey is based out of Ithaca, New York...with toes in Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Mount Hood in Oregon's Cascade Mountain Range, Latvia in Eastern Europe, Tuscany in Italy...and maybe in Odysseus's Ithaca too.