travel light, wake early, walk far
Something about the Wonderland Trail stuck with me out of all the cool trails on my radar. It's popular, and I know multiple folks who had recommended it. It's in Mount Rainier National Park in the Pacific Northwest, a region I'd long wanted to visit. Hiking the loop would add Mount Rainier to my "mountains... Continue Reading →
Photo: View from Stoney Man Mountain Eight of us sat in a circle eating our dinners and planning our future. We had just completed hiking up White Oak Canyon to Stoney Man Mountain with 2,800 feet of elevation gain only to give it all up down Nicholson Hollow Trail. The short day of only 11... Continue Reading →
The first time I saw the Mojave Desert, it looked like an inhospitable wasteland. It was 2006 and I was on I-10, driving across the country with my dad from my college in Orange County, CA back to my hometown, Washington, DC after graduation. The barren, sun-baked hills and mountain ranges seemed like a good... Continue Reading →
DC UL Backpacking 