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Today, I share with you a personal milestone: I recently completed over 250 “recorded” hikes ! Hiking Stats since October 2011 Since October of 2011, I've hiked 1986 miles and climbed over 563,000 feet. That's the equivalent of walking from San Francisco to Chicago or climbing Mt. Everest from sea level 20 times! Along this journey, I've summited  Mt. Kilimanjaro , Mt. Whitney , Mt. Shasta, White Mountain , and  Half Dome and Clouds Rest in Yosemite. While these are just a few of my most memorable hikes, you can find a few more of my experiences on this blog site: http://newyuhiker.blogspot.ca/. Also, check out one of my first milestones . Using technologies like Wellcore PERS, NewYu fitness, and recently iPhone apps I have been tracking my walks since the mid- 2010s and have accumulated over 18 million steps. I average 7192 steps or 3.5 miles daily. That's more than 8900 miles this decade OR slightly more than flying from San Francisco to Mumbai over the