Persevere
This is the second in what I’m hoping will be a series of twelve (or so) posts about single images from the past year. A little background story to the…
Category: Hiking
When the Wright Decision Is Discretion
Caution is preferable to rash bravery. Falstaff. King Henry the Fourth, Part One, William Shakespeare. The Adirondacks can be relentless. Then at the same time, rewarding. Like life sometimes they…
Wright Mountain, Wrong Day
Tired of feeling lost, tired of letting go.Tear the whole world down, tear the whole world down.Failure. "Failure" - Breaking Benjamin Failure. It's an ugly word. From the Anglo-Norman French…
Cascade & Porter
Climbing in the ADK or it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye or in my case a contact.... Of the Adirondack 46ers (mountains with elevations of 4600…
Northern Edges – Butze Rapids Trail
Just outside Prince Rupert the Butze Rapids trail is a 5.5 kilometre loop trail that offers a little bit of everything. Temperate rain forest? Check. Seaside vistas? Check. Towering cedars…
Northern Edges – Day 7: Rearguard Action
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1600h (+1)Distance: 681 km Another time zone under the belt. The drive from Jasper to Houston very quickly becomes a drive through…
Northern Edges – Day 6: Animals, Animals, Animals!
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1500hDistance: 608 km After spending a couple of days with the grandkids it was back to the road and a trip to…
“An Island”
A short, 12:48, animated film - An Island - caught my eye today. Not sure how I ended up on the "Topic" web site but I'm glad I did. A…
Snowshoeing in the ADK
Snowshoeing is not new to me let's call it reintroduced.... So striking out and up an even, a relatively small, mountain may not have been the best way to get…
Icebergs and Technology
Fall, September 2017 to be exact, I'm on the trip of a lifetime in Iceland nearing the final days and I'm about to reach Jökulsárlón a glacier lagoon that promises…