It’s March and it’s snowing on top of the springtime buds (because March) and I’m getting that familiar itch telling me that it’s time to … Read More ›
Tag: hiking
When I hit 500 miles last year I knew it’d be my last night on the trail if the next day was beautiful. I spotted … Read More ›
Last year I wrote about several women who are tough as nails, hiking the Appalachian Trail through rain and pain (read Part I here). This year … Read More ›
I’m 700 miles into the Appalachian Trail (you can catch up on the journey here, here and here), and this year I’ve found some truly wonderful friends that have … Read More ›
Coming back to New York City after hiking 500 miles in “the green tunnel” of the Appalachian Trail was extremely difficult. I was cranky even at … Read More ›
Twenty-five percent of thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail are women, and, let me tell you, these are hardcore women who take after the Mary Rowlandsons … Read More ›
Having hiked over 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail this summer, dutifully carrying a copy of Thoreau’s writings with me, there are certain habits I’ve cultivated with … Read More ›
Hiking the Appalachian Trail this summer has been a musical experience beyond anything I could have predicted. I’ve now hiked over 300 miles along the … Read More ›
Henry David Thoreau writes in “Walking,” that every walk is a crusade, and declares sauntering an art. I set out this summer to hike about … Read More ›
“…For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that … Read More ›
