An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: outdoors

  • Seeking Judith

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    Point Judith Lighthouse, Narragansett, Rhode Island USA ©lifeasjack.com All rights reserved. Stretching a mile out into the ocean, Point Judith would earn a nickname among mariners as “the graveyard of the Atlantic.” While this moniker has been shared among many locations along the Atlantic seaboard, the Point’s conditions often include heavy seas and dense fog.…

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    snowpackjack
    A red topped lighthouse with out building sits on a stretch of grassy shoreline. A red roofed coast guard station is to the left. The sky is light blue. seas are deep blue with small waves

  • Herding The Cats

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    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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    snowpackjack

  • Death in the White Mountains

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    Required reading for those that choose to hike in the White Mountains

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    snowpackjack
    A black and white image of a hiking trail in the white mountains of New Hampshire. The foreground is studded with heavy granite boulders. A dark mountain range is seen in the distance under dark storm clouds.

  • The Hike List

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    Are you a list chaser?

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    snowpackjack
    hikers on top of a mountain on a sunny day