[This is a trip report for Ramsey's Draft back in May '18: https://www.meetup.com/dc-ul-backpacking/events/248650454/ . This trip report is being archived on wordpress due to meetup getting rid of message board sections (which includes some unsaved trip reports like this one) on Jul 18th, 2024.] All in all a good trip. Six of us met at... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: Tuscarora Trail Section 1, 28 miles
[This is a trip report for Tuscarora Trail Section 1 back in Dec '18: https://www.meetup.com/dc-ul-backpacking/events/256784894/ . This trip report is being archived on wordpress due to meetup getting rid of message board sections (which includes some unsaved trip reports like this one) on Jul 18th, 2024.] DCUL last undertook a section hike of the Tuscarora... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: Snow-Covered MST Multi-Section Splurge. Did I say snow?
[This is a trip report for MST DCUL Section 4-6 back in March '18: https://www.meetup.com/dc-ul-backpacking/events/248097714/ . This trip report is being archived on wordpress due to meetup getting rid of message board sections (which includes some unsaved trip reports) on Jul 18th, 2024.] What an amazing journey. When I planned this trip, I thought the... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: The 2023 4-State Challenge (~44 Miles)
DCUL triumphed at the 4-state challenge this year. 5 hikers started, and 5 hikers finished! And to make things intersting, David O and David U wrote the two halves of the trip report - without seeing what the other person wrote. Well, keep reading below to hear their perspectives! -Karan First Half Written by David... Continue Reading →
4-State Challenge 2022: The 50-Mile Version!
The annual 4-state challenge in 2021 must not have felt challenging enough since it left a few, including me, thinking what if we stretched the challenge to 50 miles. To make it DCUL’s first trip with a 50-mile day - at least intentionally - we gave it a go this year. And boy, was it... Continue Reading →