A Vacation to Vacationland
Everywhere you step is like a sodden sponge, and the rivers flow black and deep and cold and angry; curvilinear, chaotic.
Skiing Tuckerman's on Mount Washington
For a special few, extreme skiing on Mount Washington has been a rite of spring for nearly 80 years.
If rain on your wedding day is good luck, what about mud on your honeymoon?
If we made it, we could maybe even make it to a hotel room in Marathon. If we didnʼt, weʼd end up on youTube…
Banging with the Boys from Boston
River guides tell stories. Some of the stories are true, some are embellished and a few are just plain made up fairy tales.
Trip Report: Patagonia’s La cumbre de Cerro Fitz Roy
Slow and steady, we swap leads and push upward, encountering more rock than ice which proves to be difficult with crampons.
Offroad … with Strollers!
We turned from Riverside Street to a baseball field across from Outer Forest’s Ave”s Hannaford. We parked at the trailhead for Riverside Trolley Park.
“We are going hiking,” I told my son Gabriel, transferring him for his carseat to his stroller. It had been a long time since I’d gone hiking, and I was eager to [...]
The Yalong Jiang – A Paddler’s Perspective
We were in China for a 120 mile river trip, and though the Yalong Jiang– a major tributary to the Yangtzee– is in a very remote region, there were people everywhere. The river valley was riddled with villages, foot bridges draped with prayer flags, and horse trails connecting them all. Sometimes the villages would be [...]
An April Paddle on the Pushaw
At a boat landing provided by the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge on Pushaw Stream in Old Town, my husband and I prepare for our second paddling trip of the year. Our daughter, Wren, is in front of the truck, fighting a bit of a cold but gamely ready to join us in the canoe. There is [...]
Grabbing Life by the Board
A year and a half ago, my husband, Matt, came home from a long day of selling cars in Portland, Oregon. He was tired and frustrated as the economy was on the verge of collapse. His long hours didn’t give him much time with our two young sons. The winters in the northwest were long [...]
