In what could potentially become a regular thing, I took off to the mountains during the holidays. I was joined by one of my best dudes (who hiked this particular mountain in much nicer weather as part of his thru hike on the Appalachian trail). We left Maine early, in the snow, to arrive at … The Great White Hike

I packed light, aside from the dog, and pitched a tent near the trail as the sun went down. Thunder and lightning kept me awake most of the night, but I suppose luck kept me dry since it never rained. By 5:30am I was up and too excited to lay around in a tent, so … This is Giant

Day after Christmas and home for vacation along with my dudes? Let’s hike a mountain! Luckily, one of us (not me) basically lives at the trailhead in New Hampshire. And another one of us (again, not me) has hiked it before just passing through on his 2000 mile Appalachian trail completion . That said, it … Madison

“Also known by the Algonquin name Tahawus, meaning Cloud-Splitter.” That sounds like Mount Marcy. I’m not really hiking all 46 Adirondack high peaks and it seems like cheating a bit to do the tallest of them so early in my list. But here I am. Mount Marcy. The plan: hike 3 miles and drop gear … Up Mount Marcy