An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: exploring

  • A Vanishing in The Wilderness

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    It was a crisp winter day, and the snow flurries continued through the hike, with strong below zero wind chill at the summit. We parted ways at the return to the trail head. I never saw him again.

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    snowpackjack
    Rays from the sun shine through a misty dense forest. A rugged hiking trail runs through the center of the image.

  • Photo Friday: The Big Easy

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    The snow west of Texas had turned us around. Our road trip had begun on the East Coast and we had reached as far as Amarillo, but could go no further. Our destination had been to reach the “Four Corners”. The only place in the U.S. where four states meet: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New…

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    snowpackjack
    a jazz musician plays a trumpet pointed at the sky on a city street near Bourbon st. in New Orleans.

  • 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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    snowpackjack
    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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    snowpackjack
    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.