Author: snowpackjack
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Blackhead
Catskills, NY USA ©lifeasjack.com All rights reserved. The weather forecast looked favorable for Saturday, with mild temperatures and little wind. The outlook would sour for Sunday. Cold windy weather with temps in the single digits would put me off a Sunday hike day. While snow on Saturday morning began to retreat from the weather report,…
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My Favorite Shoes
I was presented with a subject prompt last week. “What are your favorite shoes?” I had to think long and hard on this. As a hiker, shoes can become an obsession. I’m a minimalist, and don’t buy more than I need. I have winter boots, summer trail runners, a few pairs of mids that can…
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Off-Hike Weekends
I’m an addicted peak bagger living in southern New England. Since much of Rhode Island and Connecticut is flat as a pancake, most of my hiking takes me out of town. I can’t travel every weekend, and just hiking would make Jack a dull boy. In the early 70’s Rhode Island dubbed itself “The Ocean…
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Herding The Cats
Swimming across Reddit, my eye caught a post about a user who had just completed climbed all the 3500 foot the peaks in the Catskills High Peaks list. I sat up in my chair, stunned. What list was that?! Being a peak bagger, I was instantly curious and dived down the rabbit hole. I’ve been…
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An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog 