Outdoor Stories: The Mouse I Stored
We woke in complete darkness for our attempt on Mt. Shasta from the Helen Lake base camp on the mountain’s southwest side. Under the feeble glow of my head lantern, […]
Outdoor Stories: The Curse of Owl’s Head
Most everyone I know who hikes and climbs is haunted by a particular mountain, the one they’ve tried—and failed—to climb multiple times. Among my friends, I’ve heard Rainier, Denali, Shuksan, […]
Outdoor Stories: Squirrel Down!
I always bring earplugs when I backpack, partly to keep my brain from misinterpreting noises outside the tent (see The Bear Who Wasn’t There) and partly to block out the […]
The Most Versatile Piece of Hiking Gear
Pushing my way past snow-laden trees on my way back to Lincoln Woods after another failed attempt on Owl’s Head a few years ago, I started thinking about all the […]
Outdoor Stories: The Bear That Wasn’t There
I was woken by an animal growling outside my tent. “A bear!” I thought, having seen bear scat and claw marks on trees all the way up the canyon. March […]
The Best Kept Secrets … Should Be Just That
There are very few things that make me crazier than articles like these: 9 Hidden Locations in U.S. National Parks You’ll Want to Visit Or… America’s Best-Kept Secrets Why? Because […]
Biking from Vienna to Budapest Along the Danube: What You Need to Know
Biking from Vienna to Budapest along the Danube was a fabulous experience. Here’s what you need to know…
The Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route
The thing that struck me the most on the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage route is this: I passed dozens of statues just sitting by the trail. Many of these are, according […]
Hiking the Transylvanian Alps
We were three hours up the river valley, soaked to the skin from a combination of constant rain and sweat generated by the effort of clambering up steep, crumbling stream […]
Cardigan’s Guide to Trail Running and Hiking for Dogs
This is what you should look like at the end of a good trail run. Hi, it’s Cardigan here. Keith won’t let me go outside (he seems to think that […]