travel light, wake early, walk far
I was scheduled to go to Seattle for a work trip, so I reached out to Max (Yet) and Doug Ide, the local DCUL-ers, for route suggestions. They both ended up being free those days, so we soon put together a route for the 3 of us. Despite having both lived in Seattle for years,... Continue Reading →
Over dinner, we decided to schedule an extra-early start so we could hit Old Rag’s ridge at sunrise on Sunday. Night (pre-dawn?) hiking was new for a lot of people, and definitely a bit unusual for an LM, but we were eager to have the scramble to ourselves.
As night fell, the group stayed warm and comfy surrounding the fire while sharing good conversation, spirits, and desserts.
I was looking forward to introducing people to one of my favorite hiking spots when I lived in Pittsburgh. We had a great time and enjoyed all the different landscapes (pine forests! rhododendrons! boulder fields! ski slopes!) and the layers of crunchy ice on the trail.
DC UL Backpacking 