travel light, wake early, walk far
With Alex's AFT trip so popular, I decided to post a second group doing the same loop, same direction, but starting from the western parking lot instead. We quickly got a small group of 5 adventurers, excited to see the fall foliage in Pennsylvania. Traffic on our way out of D.C. meant that we didn't... Continue Reading →
When looking at the schedule for the Wind River High Route, some of us decided to take 2 more vacation days and extend the trip to get an additional 4-5 days hiking out west. While we weren’t positive what we’d end up wanting to do -- would we all be exhausted from the high route,... Continue Reading →
Karan's planned trip to hike NOBO along the AT past Mt Pleasant and The Priest was so popular, nearly 15 people wanted to join. So, some of us split off to form a SOBO group, facilitating a key swap and taking advantage of the logistics of an already planned trip. Trevor, Jeff, Bryan, and I... Continue Reading →
This trip was centered around a permit that Erik's PCT buddy Brian (Patches) managed to get; 3 DCUL'ers from Seattle and DC (myself, Kyle, and Doug) ended up joining Brian with varying degrees of last minute planning. Many of us were meeting for the first time on trail, but the beauty of long distance backpacking... Continue Reading →
I anticipated steamy, hot temperatures; lots of biting insects and ticks; and plenty of stinging nettles on overgrown trails in (relatively) less frequented areas of the park
DC UL Backpacking 