[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 →
And Then There Were Two: LM: Trout Run Valley July 5-7, 2024
Sunset Through Humidity on Halfmoon Mountain -- still hot, even when half-set. Credit: Aileen K James R. planned what should have been a straight-forward weekend backpacking trip circumnavigating the Trout Run Valley, along the Virginia/West Virginia border near Wardensville, WV. This is an area where DCUL goes often, since there are spectacular views from high... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: “Feels Like the First Time” Ultra-LM (Kennedy Peak at Massanutten, Va) (June 14-15) (9 miles)
You’ve probably heard of us. They are calling us the “Kennedy Peak Four.” I always hated that tag. To my ears it makes us sound like a boy band, as in: “Now opening for the Backstreet Boys, the Kennedy Peak Four!” However, I cannot deny the national interest in us. Most of what you’ve read... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: Trout Run Valley Crossword Puzzle!
I have done this trail so many times so why not do something a little different! Some housekeeping things though: Congratulations to Donna, Paul, and Daniel for completing your first trip with the club and subsequent promotion to member status. Hope to see you all on future DCUL trips! Thank you to fellow AO's Snake... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: “Surviving Man-Eating Fish on the Foothills Trail” (Foothills Trail Thru-Hike, South/North Carolina) (May 24-27, 2024) (77 miles)
When our backpacking club, DCUL, hiked a section of the Appalachian Trail south of the Shenandoah National Park last year, we called our trip: “Whale Watching in the Blue Ridge Mountains.” It was really just a joke, though. Whales rarely hide in the trees of those mountains. We simply riffed off the name of a... Continue Reading →
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