A hiking friend of mine, Gary "Drone Boy" Vaughan shot this video from Cheoah Bald in the fall of 2020. It's a tough hike, but the views are phenomenal from the top. They hiked to the summit from Stocoah Gap on the Appalachian Trail, but you can also access Cheoah Bald from the Wesser, N.C. area via both the Bartram and Appalachian Trails. … [Read more...]
Colorado Trail – Segment 9
September 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment
This is our hike on Segment 9 of the Colorado Trail in September 2020 during the pandemic. The Continental Divide Trail shares this section of the Colorado Trail and both footpaths traverse the scenic Holycross Wilderness with elevation above 11,500 feet. There are two cabins available for rent just off the Trail and close to Tennessee Pass at the end of this section. … [Read more...]
Currahee Mountain (360 Video)
September 9, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Hiked to this rock outcrop with Gary (aka Drone Boy) last weekend. If you've ever seen the film Band of Brothers this is where some of the WWII paratroopers trained for the D-Day landing. … [Read more...]
Black Hills, South Dakota – June 11, 2017
September 1, 2020 By Leave a Comment
As part of 50 x 50 x 50 (50 hikes in 50 States before 50 years), we headed for the Black Hills of South Dakota in the summer of 2017. During the trip we hiked both the Flume and Centennial Trails and camped near the dam at Sheridan Lake. We also had a chance to make a run through Sturgis (home of the annual biker rally) and stay in Deadwood (an 1800’s era gold town that has gambling to this day). … [Read more...]
Episode 78: Brooks Range
July 31, 2020 By Leave a Comment
In Episode 78, Sarah Histand tells us about her three week traverse of the Brooks Range in Northern Alaska. She is a native Alaskan who has done multiple packrafting and backpacking trips across the Brooks Range and throughout the State. So Sarah talks about the logistics of the summer trip - including trailheads, resupply, the wildlife, and how to maintain communications across this vast wilderness that stretches ~700 miles across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon … [Read more...]
Tough Times & Sassafras Mountain
April 19, 2020 By Leave a Comment
There was a period nearly 20 years ago when times were tough. Airlines stopped flying, people stopped working, and the media spouted doom and gloom on cable TV for 24 hours a day. It was 9/11/01 and my first impulse was to get to the wilderness. So when the weekend came - that is exactly what we did. Here we are at the Chattooga River trailhead in 2001. Tough times are here again – albeit in a very different scenario. Stay at home orders are in place, schools are … [Read more...]
Junction of the Conasauga River and Hickory Creek Trail
June 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
It's been a wet spring and the Conasauga River was running fast at it's junction with the Hickory Creek Trail. Pratt lost a hat, sunglasses, and some hiking sticks trying to cross - so we decided to camp on the south side of the river. … [Read more...]
Protected: Whitewater Will
June 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
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Food Snatcher
February 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This guy was moving in on my grub last weekend #besthikeswithdogs … [Read more...]
Rosman, North Carolina
February 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Winter #dayhike in the Nantahala National Forest near Rosman, NC this weekend. This campsite looks worth a return trip. … [Read more...]
