Trip Reports
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Dream Lake and the Peabody Brook Trail
I did a lot of hiking last year up and down the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and…
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Days 5-7: Fort Augustus to Kingussie
Days 5-7: TGO Challenge Route Plan 2010 During the first 4 days of my route plan, I kept my daily…
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Days 3 & 4: Affric Lodge to Fort Augustus
Days 3 & 4: TGO Challenge Route Plan (2010) On days 3 and 4 of my hike, I’m…
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Day 2: Alltbeithe Youth Hostel to Loch Affric
Day 2 : TGO Challenge Route Plan (2010) After breaking camp somewhere between Alltbeithe Youth Hostel and Carnach Mor,…
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Day 1: Shiel Bridge to Alltbeithe Youth Hostel
Introduction As I’ve mentioned before, the TGO Challenge is a 14 day coast-to-cost walk across Scotland running from May…
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Hikers Guide to Gaelic Mapping Words
If you want to hike in Scotland, you need to learn some basic Gaelic words so you can read a…
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TGO Challenge Route Plan: Version 10
Here is a working draft of my 2010 TGO Challenge Route across Scotland. I realize that this probably just looks…
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Nancy Pond Snowshoe and Ascent
Naturegirl and I got out on our first hike of the New Year on Saturday, snowshoeing 7 miles to Nancy…
Read More » Metacomet to Monadnock Trail: The Notch to The Summit House
I went on a surprisingly difficult 9 mile ridge walk (cumulative elevation of about 3,500 ft) on the section of…
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Lakes of the Clouds Hut, Mt Washington
The Lakes of the Clouds Hut is located at about 5,000 ft elevation on the southwest side of Mt Washington…
Read More » AT Section Hike: Guilder Pond to Sheffield
After spending the past few months section hiking the AT in New Hampshire and Maine, I did a big section…
Read More »Skookumchuck on Ice
I have two short sections of the Appalachian Trail left in New Hampshire and had hoped to complete one of…
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