An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Author: snowpackjack

  • A Road to Disappointment

    Your old buddy Jack doesn’t usually post thoughts on the daily prompt. Being a minimalist he finds this one particularly irksome. If I may, I shall indulge in a short rant. Jack is no longer a young man, and though he needs glasses to read, he can see the forest for the trees. Rather than…

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    automobiles commute on a bridge cast in shadow of the sun overhead.

  • Phantoms Of The Mist

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    John’s voice crackled and faded in and out. The cell connection was poor. “I’m looking for a guy I used to hike with. Is it you?” I laughed. John had taken most of the winter off. Now he wanted to get some “elevation.” Rhode Island and Massachusetts are pretty flat. We would need to cross…

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    a black and white image of hikers shrouded in mist, hiking across stone slabs of mountain ledges in the woods.

  • Thomas Cole

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    I had rested a bit at the summit of Black Dome, enjoying the view. It was time to be on my way to the second peak I planned to bag on the day’s hike in the Catskills. There had been a few scrambles that I worked through on my way here, but it would be…

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    A hiker in khaki pants and brown shirt and hat sits in the right side of the frame. on his left is a bright green backpack. in the center of the frame in the distance is a mountain under a blue sky.

  • Photo Friday: Texas

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    Marco was ahead of me, leaning over against the wind. The road was straight as an arrow, the steady current of cold air forcing us to counter steer constantly.

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