The Ending
“So here it is, the ending. The black letter day when we are finally, irrevocably done. And I am really, actually leaving. The place that I used to call home.” […]
Outdoor Adventures and Conservation Advocacy
“So here it is, the ending. The black letter day when we are finally, irrevocably done. And I am really, actually leaving. The place that I used to call home.” […]
I haven’t had time to process everything that’s happened this summer. My name is different and my hair is shorter, my body less used to hiking and my mind still […]
I’ve found the end of the world. No cell reception, just ski tracks. My truck sits alone at the end of a dirt road. Sharp twists past lonely houses, apprehension […]
The Adirondacks are home to six species of weasel: the American marten, fisher, long-tailed and short-tailed weasels, river otters, and minks. There used to be one more, the wolverine. Wolverines […]
Darkness fell long before I reached the summit. I paused to pull out a headlamp and microspikes. The air was wet, thick with moisture from melted snow. The temperature hovered […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]