Dmitri finding an oddly placed cook kit... Recorded on 10/18/2021 - Alexander McAllister ### Friday 10/15/2021 ### As we approached our marked parking lot next to Hearthstone Lake something felt off. Maybe it was the 64ft overfill flood markings that lined the road or the general sense of uncertainty. I knew there was a spot... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: Beer, Bees, and Jager Huts on the Black Forest Trail
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 →
Trip Report: Twenty the Hard Way!
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 →
Trip Report: Redemption—DCUL Style (Southern Shenandoah National Park Loop) Sept. 17-19, 2021
Most DCUL assistant organizers plan DCUL trips a month or so in advance. Some, like Michael M (“Uturn”), will post international trips a year in advance. Last weekend 10 DCULers hiked a Shenandoah National Park trip planned four years ago. Hope, dispointment, and—ultimately—redemption were the mile markers of this journey. I was a new DCULer... Continue Reading →
Trip Report: All Together Now on Bearfence & Jones Mtn
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 →