The “Off-Season”
Well it’s November. I think we can all agree that summer feels like it ended ten years ago. We have all let out a breath that we’ve been holding for […]
Author: Cameron
A Need for Wildness
Light shatters on a blanket of newly fallen snow. Soft powder that sinks, envelopes, and consumes. Snow that reveals the slightest touch of a feather and conceals the sharpest crag […]
Learning to Care
I grew up in the southern reaches of the Adirondack Park. My memories are flooded with dark mornings on silent water, the hum of a motor, and my dad in […]
How Much is too Much?
Sunday Morning. I stopped to sign in on the radio, and looked suspiciously up and down the trail. I had spoken to 326 people the day before, and every part […]
Show Up
This article is going to contain strong language, because there are no poetic literary devices or well-worded prose that can describe inequality, racism, bigotry, hate, and ignorance. I am not […]
Snapshots
To reflect the short local adventures we’ve all shifted to, I decided to write a compilation of little moments. I went back through my calendar and put together a few […]
The Mountains Called, they said “Stay Home”
Sometimes to protect the places we love, the best thing we can do is let them be.
Diapensia Lapponica
June 1st, 1732 Elevation 5,344 ft Winter has reluctantly loosened its grip on the mountains, and patches of snow still linger in shadows. The alpine casts shades of olive and […]
Lightning and Risk
BOOM. I jolted upright as the walls of the tent exploded with another violent flash of light. Rain pounded at the walls and the thin fabric strained precariously under torrents […]
Trailwork, Beards, and Brownies
June 2018. I was hard at work brushing in a herd path when a stranger with a beard appeared and offered me a brownie. I had only been working as […]