For a long time, I've been wanting to bike the whole C&O canal towpath. For those unfamiliar, the C&O canal was built in the late 1700s the transport freight but by the time it was actually finished, railroads had become a thing and worked way better than a canal so overall it was a financial... Continue Reading →

“Where is the trail?” I asked Logan loudly so he could hear me over the din of rushing waterfalls surrounding us. “Do you think it is across the stream?” We had happened upon the banks of a bold stream as we were hiking the Allegheny Trail (“ALT”) in West Virginia. The ALT up to that... Continue Reading →

Last year, I did not conquer the Death March in good form or in any form at all. The blisters were legendary. So this year I was determined to succeed. I remembered that my first successful completion of the Four State Challenge was also my first time organizing it, so perhaps there was a strategy... Continue Reading →

After four weekends without hiking, I was in the mood for something more challenging to prepare for Massanutten. My friend Rose was also training for the Cocodona 250 and wanted to hike a loop with a lot of vertical gain. There was one mountain in particular that I thought could fit the bill, but it... Continue Reading →