An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: health

  • The Mountains That We Climb

    I don’t like hard work. If I had my way, I would never work hard again.

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    snowpackjack

  • The Hiking High

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    There was a time when I charged the “steeps”,trail sections that burned your lungs with the exertion, climbing inexorably up without end. Hiking was a sport, a workout. Leading groups at a faster pace, with distance and elevation was the rule: Longer, faster, higher.  Leading those hikes attracted similar individuals, with schedules that required precise…

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    snowpackjack

  • Keep Moving

    The back injury was worse. I always had back trouble, but long periods of sitting at my new job had exacerbated the problem. Now I was in intense pain, and could barely walk. I researched everything. Ice, heat, surgery, drugs. What was the answer? No one I’d spoken with told me that surgery was a…

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    snowpackjack
    two cyclists on a wet black road pedal towards the top right corner of the frame. Green trees and shrubs frame the picture behind them.

  • New England’s Scourge

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    Beneath the snow, they lie sleeping. Soon they’ll emerge again to wreak havoc on unsuspecting hikers.

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    snowpackjack
    tall stalks of golden grass reach towardsa blue sky