I advocate that even on shorter hikes of one to four hours, it is best to have some essentials – more than you can fit in your pockets. See: Short-hike Equipment List. There are some great choices of packs for this purpose that are not large or heavy but keep you well equipped if the […]
Emme on a Scramble – Perham Creek Hike
There were too many stories of Emme and our hikes together to include in one book—this is one such story. One fine day, Emme and I were itching to do a new hike, one we hadn’t explored before. I flipped through the pages of the USDA Forest Service trail notices and discovered a trailhead about […]
Some Lessons Learned Climbing Mountains
I have enjoyed the whole process of creating, publishing, and marketing a book and the subsequent author events, book tours and responding to corporate invitations to speak at their events. After speaking at a conference or corporate meeting, invariably one of the first questions I get is “what have you learned from your escapades climbing […]
How to Enjoy a Hike (Part I)
i.e. Stop and Smell the Roses – or maybe the Columbines More than a few years back, Hippocrates said, “Hiking is a man’s best medicine.” Beyond the fitness and wellness benefits, I found that when hiking I am totally in the present, I see things I would have missed if I were just trying to […]