Category Archives: 2019

After the first 28 miles of a 46-mile run across the Appalachian Trial in New Hampshire this summer, I was nearly dead. Aidan and I were both drenched with sweat, red in the face from the 90-degree heat and 99 … Continue reading →

Despite the pouring rain, I was determined to climb this 400-foot-tall rock cliff in Squamish, British Columbia. Rich wasn’t so sure—after all, who really wants to climb slippery rock? But time was short, as my flight back east departed in … Continue reading →

This is what summer looks like in British Columbia’s Garibaldi Provincial Park: In essence, it looks like winter. And it is spectacular. Located an hour north of Vancouver, between Squamish and Whistler, the park is rimmed by 8,000-foot mountains and … Continue reading →

At 3 a.m. we tumbled into our bed in Squamish, after flying to Vancouver from New York City. The plan was to sleep in, but all I could dream about was the nearby Chief, a 2,200-foot-high granite dome in British … Continue reading →

There is such a thing as being too cold to read, and I think it starts around freezing, which is often the temperature inside the mountain huts of New Hampshire in winter–or colder, if inside Doublehead Cabin. The cold usually doesn’t stop me … Continue reading →