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El Potrero Chico Part 2: A Breakthrough
Everything at EPC changed once I met Ryan, and through Ryan, Sean. Ryan and Sean were roommates from Ohio who were meeting a crew of friends down at EPC for a week of climbing multi-pitch. Ryan and I hit up a multi-pitch called TNT, a five pitch 10a. I ended up leading the 10a pitch, Read more
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Spanish Struggles, Urchin Roe
I had my first exposure to language submersion on my second day in San Juan del Sur. My two Spanish speaking friends and I decided to take a walk up the hill to where Jesus stood looking out over the small city. The night before we had befriended a couple from Argentina, Chaly and Nati. Read more
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A Shout-Out to Tea and Bread
September 8th and 9th Lake Louise A hike was in order. I left Canmore and drove the beautiful Route 1 to Lake Louise, where, despite the sun in Canmore, it was even colder and stormier than the previous few days combined. There, I went up and joined the throngs of people getting their picture taken Read more
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Snowy Stinson
January 7th, 2016 I went up Stinson again today only this time there was snow on the trail. I love walking up mountains in New Hampshire winter; I always feel like I’m walking through a Jan Brett book. Specifically Trouble with Trolls in which a blonde girl walks up a mountain with a dog through Read more
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Stinson on a Cold Tuesday
That title sounds like I’m waxing poetic about cheese. I guess that would be “stilton.”- Don’t get me wrong, I could absolutely wax poetic about cheese, but I won’t today. One of the many reasons I love to go up Stinson Mtn in Rumney is because of its old growth birch groves. It’s really difficult Read more
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Thoughts on the Adventure Privilege
I’m publishing the following small excerpt that I wrote way back in July of 2015. It’s expressing some frustrations I was experiencing during my backpacking research. It’s a bit soapbox-y, but it’s my way of acknowledging my own privilege, and encouraging others to do so as well. “I’ve been reading a lot of other hiking Read more
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Smarts Brook Loop
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 Before I get back to retracing my steps through Montana and California, I thought I’d do a little sharing on my place now; my home, New Hampshire. A lesser known secret about hiking in New Hampshire is that it’s about A SKABILLION times better when done in the Fall and Winter. Read more
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A Cats-Up Note
Alright. I haven’t written anything in literally months now, and that’s my own dang fault. Life happens, I guess. Since my last post I have gone on many a hike, including the before mentioned John Muir Trail. I haven’t even shown my own parents photographs from that trip, so cyberspace buddies are just going to Read more
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Training Week 2: And the Fatigue Sets In
July 5th – July 11th Let’s state the obvious and say that I am writing the post about two weeks too late. I have determined two things: writing is hard; and, having self-discipline around writing is even harder. I COULD say that part of my delinquency with writing is due to the fact that I Read more
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