We hosted my parents and grandma and Rosie’s parents at our house for Thanksgiving. It was a wonderful day. Enough sentiment to make it memorable, enough relaxation to make it enjoyable.
Perhaps the best thing about Thanksgiving weekend is that you get the holiday out of the way right off. Once all the dishes were done, […]
The fifth and final part of my interview with Sam Haraldson about his ultralight thru-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail. Here’s part one, part two, part three and part four.
Sam is giving a presentation titled “Ultralight Thru-Hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail,” tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. at the Midwest Mountaineering Winter Expo. Rosie and […]
Part four of my interview with Sam Haraldson about his ultralight thru-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail. Here’s part one, part two and part three.
I decided to get a little existential with my next question. I sent a quote from Nietzche to Sam, “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” I asked him if […]
Part three of my interview with Sam Haraldson about his ultralight thru-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail. Here’s part one and part two.
Anybody setting out to hike 1,100+ miles will probably think long-and-hard about the stuff they’re going to carry on their back all those miles. The line between being prepared and being slowed down […]
Part two of my interview with Sam Haraldson about his ultralight thru-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail. Here’s part one.
I couldn’t help starting the interview off by asking Sam a pretty basic question: what were his best and worst days on the trail?
The worst day, he said, was a day spent literally bushwhacking a section […]
As I’ve previously blogged, my friend Sam Haraldson thru-hiked the Pacific Northwest Trail in July and August of this year. The 1,100 mile hike took him from the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park to the Pacific coast in Olympic National Park.
Sam will be giving a presentation on his hike, titled “Ultralight Thru-Hike of […]
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