Trans Adirondacks: Why Here
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 […]
Hiking
“Not the Type” – Winter Hiking
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 Geese we Never Hear
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Days 11 – 13: Saguaro to Mt. Lemmon
The last few days have been full of amazing views and tough climbs. Two days ago we hiked through Saguaro National Park: from the low elevation Saguaro cacti forest, up […]
Day 10: Thoughts from a Saguaro Forest
Gila woodpeckers: Loud and conspicuous residence of the desert who sound a bit like an over excited gull. Gila (The “G” sounds like a “H”) is a name that pops […]
Day 9: Coatimundies & Peanut Butter
I had a re-supply box waiting at Colossal Cave, a hiker-friendly business that is typically open for public cave tours of the local and (you guessed it) colossal cave. Although […]