Some sweetheart hikes for Valentine’s Day
Heart Lake from Mt. Jo Granted all that cold weather gear might act like a chastity belt, but if you’re looking for some outdoorsy things to do with that special someone, I offer you the following list...
View ArticleMt. Greylock up close from Stony Ledge
In the early spring, the wildflowers start poking up through the soil and we start planning some shorter hikes. There isn’t much sense in us doing longer hikes, because Gillian is going to be...
View ArticleA hunting story about running or a running story about hunting
It’s about persistence hunting. I first read about it in a book by Vermont biologist and ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich. His idea, shared by others, was that humans developed to chase prey like...
View ArticleOur first rattlesnake on Split Rock Mountain!
In any other place in the Adirondacks, Split Rock Mountain wouldn’t be a mountain. With rounded slopes and a modest height, it would be a shoulder of something greater if it lived in the High Peaks, an...
View ArticleJaws II – Adversity then camaraderie, comedy and inspiration
I was five minutes from meeting two guys at “The Garden” parking lot in Keene Valley. We were planning to go up Big Slide, then cross over the Johns Brook Valley to climb both peaks of the Wolf Jaws....
View ArticleGoing end to end
The Taconic Hiking Club recently announced its annual end-to-end hike along the 29-mile Taconic Crest Trail. Registration forms are now being accepted. Here’s the announcement, lightly edited: The End...
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