Karan and I were brainstorming trails to hike over the extended Veteran’s Day weekend and landed on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. Early Thursday morning, Holley, Kyle, John, Mark, Jonathan, and Alexander met us at Grosvenor. We piled into two cars for the three hour drive up to Ohiopyle. Mark’s car arrived first and they... Continue Reading →

We love heading up to Pennsylvania in the fall and where better to go than the BFT? Our plan was to meet Friday night at camp. Sophie and Dimitri were the first to start and found a campsite large enough to accommodate us in a grassy parking lot. It even came with a view! Karan,... Continue Reading →

Cover photo credit: Chandler Due to last minute logistic changes on our sister trip, Twenty the Harder Way, we ended up combining the two trips. Sophie and Chandler got a head start on the drive while the rest of us (Logan, Stanley, Yvette, Chris, Alexander, Dan, Karan, and I) met at Vienna on Friday evening.... Continue Reading →

Our for this trip plan was to gather at Bootens Gap at 10:30am on Saturday morning. Six out of nine of us had arrived when Karan started getting texts. Google maps had routed Emily, Eileen, and Mark up an undrivable fire road. They each had to turn around and it would take them another hour... Continue Reading →

It has been six years since my last trip to Haytack Knob. I have fond memories of camping up there but less endearing memories of the challenges we faced getting there. For this reason, I was sure to warn potential participants of the unmarked/unmaintained trails, long water carry, stinging nettles, and bushwhacking involved in this... Continue Reading →