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 […]
Summit Steward
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]