An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Category: Hiking

  • The Nobska Light

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    Nobska Lighthouse, Wood’s Hole Cape Cod Massachusetts. The motorcycle ride out to the lighthouse had worked out perfectly. I arrived not long after sunrise, in the fall season . I could see the ferry leaving Wood’s Hole for Martha’s Vineyard, but I was far from the throng of tourists here. I doubted that any were…

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    snowpackjack
    a sandy path in the foreground center of the image is bordered by green ground cover. The path leads to a white lighthouse and keepers house with a red roof. The sky is overcast at dawn with a faint glow of the rising sun.

  • Hanging Out

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    For a few seasons I slept on the ground. After a particularly uncomfortable night’s sleep, I decided to investigate other sleep systems to soothe my aching back. Car camping isn’t an option when you are miles into the woods. A fairly lightweight solution was needed. I decided to investigate the world of hammock camping. I…

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    snowpackjack
    two brown hammocks covered by brown tarps are set up in the woods surrounded by rocks and shrubs.

  • Reaching For 100

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    The New England Hundred Highest List is a collection of mountains in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. The list is administered by the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 4000 Footers Club. Hiking the NEHH was already on my mind during the final months of completion of the New England 67. I was already almost 70 peaks in.…

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    snowpackjack
    A fallen tree sits beside a calm lake, ringed by green forested mountains

  • May: A Season of Renewal

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    Breakheart Pond, Exeter, Rhode Island, USA As soon as the buds appear, my spirits lift. Five months of bare trees, dry sticks under grey skies. It’s more than enough. The snow sometimes beautifies the landscape, but by March or April, I desperately await the appearance of the new leaves. To walk under the green canopy,…

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    snowpackjack
    in the center of the image, a pond reflects the blue sky above. The pond is ringed by green trees in bloom