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 […]
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 […]
Tour Mont Blanc Stage 9: Trient, Switzerland to Tré le Champ, France
Previous: Stages 7 and 8 – La Fouly to Trient, Switzerland This stage marked our return to high mountain views after two lower altitude days in Swiss valleys, which were […]
Eating and Drinking After the Hike – White Mountains
After a day of communing with nature, working up a good sweat, bonding with fellow lovers of the outdoors (or all of the above), naturally one’s thoughts turn to food […]
Tour du Mont Blanc: An Introduction
Distance, Elevation and Routes Starting Points and Direction When to Go Where to Stay Food and Water What to Bring I became interested in the Tour du Mont Blanc (hereafter […]
The Most Versatile Piece of Hiking Gear
NOTE: This article was printed in the August 2011 issue of the Charles River MUD, the newsletter of the Boston Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Pushing my way past […]
Movie Review: 127 Hours
In May 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped in Blue John Canyon in Utah’s Canyonlands N.P. after a boulder dislodged and pinned his arm. Five days later, knowing that no one […]
Can Mountain Bikers and Walkers/Hikers/Runners Share the Same Trail?
It’s funny how events coincide. I had just read the draft trails system plan for Middlesex Fells (a conservation area just north of us where we often hike, run, or […]