How to get lost, on purpose, in your own head

Went hiking yesterday, did about 6 or 7 miles in very light patchy snow up towards Gertrude's Nose in the Mohunk Preserve. Went with a small group of people I didn't know and had some light conversation along the way, but mainly I like to go hiking to be in my own head, and I…

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Good to sweat together

Got up early on Saturday, met up with some total strangers (from a hiking group organized at Meetup.com) and drove out to the New Jersey/New York border for a sweaty day of hiking! At the top 'Course, it wasn't anything like the Colorado trip I took around this time last year, though there were similarities.…

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Wherein much walking is undertaken

Rocky Mountain High So, I went to Colorado and had an amazing time hiking for a week in the Rocky Mountains. In July. It's taken me a few weeks, but better late than never, blah blah … here's the recounting of the trip and all of the purty (and not so purty) photos, plus a…

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Fall down, go boom

Rocky Mtn. High Home again. From the land of the low oxygen, the high peaks, the endless ascent and descent, I have returned — intact! Blister-free! Oh, yes, there will be photos. For now, a teaser above. I got a second wind and unpacked this evening, got a third and went through at least some…

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2007: Colorado Backcountry Hiker Trip (July 15-20)

“I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wondering awed about on a splintered wreck…

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Boots made for walkin’

My new hiking boots have arrived: Kayland Vertigo High I will name them Jed. I love them more than is seemly for a collection of rubber and leather and nylon. And I paid more than is seemly, too. But they'll keep my feets safe on the Rocky Mountain hiking trip in July. They got the…

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