Whew, it's only taken me a year to finish this trip report! I've had it in draft since September 2019 :( Flashback Friday to Thursday August 8th, 2019: After our 4th and final day on the PCT, Joel and I headed north, to one of the top destinations in Oregon: Crater … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Mansfield, Vermont
Hike: The highest point in Vermont, Mount Mansfield, stands at 4,393 feet, and is part of a ridgeline that resembles an elongated human face--we didn't get to see the face at all, since it was rainy/cloudy. The link shows the "face" about two minutes into the video. We chose … [Read more...]
Hiking out of the Adirondacks
On Monday, 6/29, my brother and I made our hike out of the Adirondacks--this post is day 2 of our trip. The night prior, we climbed to the summit of Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York... and gotten lost on the way back. We went to bed late (for hikers), around 10 PM, … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Marcy, New York
Hike: The highest point in New York state, Mount Marcy is queen of the Adirondack Mountains and High Peaks Wilderness area, looming tall at 5,344 feet. We chose the "path less traveled," the Mount Marcy trail (link is to AllTrails, and isn't the exact route we took, but close), … [Read more...]
Hiking Brasstown Bald, Georgia
Hike: The highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald, is reachable by road (unless you go on a day where they randomly close the steep, windy, 3 mile approach road... like we did!). The upper parking lot is just 0.6 miles from the observation tower, on a paved path through the … [Read more...]
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