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 […]
Summit Stories
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 […]
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 […]
“All by Yourself”
A journal entry from July, 2018. I wake up – in the John’s Brook Valley – curled tightly in my sleeping bag, and watch as my breath appears in the […]
Whitewater Trails
A story from June, 2019. If there is one thing I’ve learned from the Adirondacks it’s that when it rains it rains. This went way beyond the typical dampness you […]