(Photo: Evan) Pouring rain with temperatures hovering around freezing.  All day long.  That’s what I interpreted from the weather report I read on Monday the week of our Friday to Sunday Shenandoah National Park DC UL Gamma Trip.*  That’s about the worst forecast one can imagine for the mid-Atlantic on a Saturday during which we... Continue Reading →

In the early summer, I got the hankering to go back to Nepal.  I’ve been there before—the Annapurna Circuit (2010, before DCUL), Langtang Valley (2012), and then Upper Mustang Valley (2014).  I used to joke that that I was on the “every other year” schedule, but somehow I’d fallen off that.  The way things worked... Continue Reading →

At DC UL, we couldn't do what we do without our remarkable group of co- and assistant organizers. That's why we're featuring some members of our organizing team on Instagram and the blog.  These are some of the people thinking of trips, writing and posting the trip descriptions on Meetup, planning the route and carpool... Continue Reading →

Photo: Karan The moment I was waiting for – arriving late in the afternoon with taxed legs and a growing appetite to a warm cabin and friends – played out just as I imagined. (Photo:  Peter Silverman) This was exactly how we designed our trip weeks ago. Back then I took a look at the... Continue Reading →