Well, after a good deal of thought, and quite a bit of help from my friends and colleagues, I have made the choice to come back from the brink here. Not the edge of disaster mind you, but the decision to retract inward. That desire was strong in the face…
Tag: hiking
This is a pretty entertaining article on the most haunted campgrounds in the States on Outdoors magazine’s site. Note the cool mention of albino trees. I never knew that was a thing! Anyway, as I am getting ready for a venture down to Zaleski State Forest the weekend of November…
I had fallen behind in my Yellow Bird boxes lately. It’s been a busy week all around. But I wanted to use the bunch of Bok Choy, purple kale, the last of my hot peppers, barley and thyme in a Ribollita inspired stew today. Ingredients 1 large bunch of purple…
It was late afternoon on Saturday this past weekend, the second day of my first hiking trip through the Northern part of the Dolly Sods. We were pounding out 20 some miles that day in order to cut the trip short. My partner was suffering from some seriously lousy foot…
I had a chance to go camping last weekend in Indiana with a group of guys I know, some whom I met for the first time. Funny though, I’m on a work trip now and I just got back from my first trek out to Cuyahoga National Park here in…
Heaving, sweat saturating the entire surface area of my body, boots, socks, underwear, pants, shirt, and hat, with a sheen on my arms, neck, and face I was struggling with the whole Yoda thing. “Try not, only do.” I was with a group of guys, whom I am lucky enough…
Leaning against the railing of Cumberland Falls was where I choked up silently by myself. I was moved after the three-day backcountry hike in the rain more often than not. All that water. According to Wikipedia, the lowest recorded peak flow rate over the falls was 17,500 ft3/s in 1985. Being there,…
I was in Cleveland working with a client this week when I came across this article in one of my email feeds. “My PCT Dreams and Why I’m No Longer Hiking,” Jenna Duesterhoeft. It’s about a young woman who, with her boyfriend, was planning on doing the PCT together. Only,…