Michael has written guides on hiking and biking trails in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec and Ontario. He has been a regular contributor to CBC Radio in Halifax, Sydney and Ottawa. In addition to his books and radio appearances, Michael has published numerous articles about Canada's outdoors, both locally and nationally. In addition to writing about trails, Michael also works in trail development and active transportation. He has been a member of the consulting teams that have produced trail plans for communities such as Sault Ste. Marie, Chatham-Kent, and North Grenville, and active transportation/bike plans for Oromocto, Corner Brook, Lunenburg, and Essex County. Michael has also presented at numerous Canadian trail workshops, and at Australian, and American national trail conferences. Michael has hiked in every province in Canada, fifteen states in the U.S., Australia, and several countries in Europe and Asia. He tries to walk every day: between, 2010-2014, he walked/ran 26,000,000 steps, or 22,000 km - a daily average of more than 12 km. Follow Michael’s activities on Twitter @HikerHaynes