Philip Werner is an avid hiker and backpacker who is section hiking the AT and Long Trail and also backpacks regularly in the Catskills, Adirondacks, and White Mountains. His trail name is earlylite because he likes to break camp at sunrise.

Philip is also a whitewater kayaker and moderates NERiverRunners, a Yahoo group with over 100 active members. He is a member of the Merrimack Valley Paddlers and teaches Class 2 and Class 3 whitewater kayaking for the New Hampshire and Boston chapters of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Philip also climbs with the Boston Rock Climbing group and runs a weekly meetup at the Metrorock rock gym in Everett, MA.

During the week, Philip manages software development and operations at a mid-size Internet service provider outside of Boston, MA.

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