travel light, wake early, walk far
Despite the balmy 80 degree temperature in the woods surrounding Lake Fairfax, the campfire blazed hot and bright. On this 15th Anniversary of DCUL, over 40 DCULers sat riveted on surrounding picnic tables. Evan (“Whiskey-Fairy”) grabbed a microphone to commemorate the founding and history of the most extreme and active backpacking club in the nation.... Continue Reading →
“Take your pick: heavy water, beaver water, or sweaty Russian water.” — Anonymous. For the 5th year in a row, DCUL sponsored the running of the Tour de Sods in the Dolly Sods Wilderness and the adjacent Roaring Plains Wilderness. One of the most popular backpacking adventures of the year, the trip filled up with prospective... Continue Reading →
After what seemed like weeks of unrelenting heat with over 100F "feels like" temps and no rain, we got some relief in a form of slow, steady and surprisingly cool rain on Friday. That made the steep uphill trek to the Priest Mountain (3,000 ft up in about 4.3 miles) not just more bearable, but... Continue Reading →
[This is a trip report for Ramsey's Draft back in May '18: https://www.meetup.com/dc-ul-backpacking/events/248650454/ . This trip report is being archived on wordpress due to meetup getting rid of message board sections (which includes some unsaved trip reports like this one) on Jul 18th, 2024.] All in all a good trip. Six of us met at... Continue Reading →
[This is a trip report for Tuscarora Trail Section 1 back in Dec '18: https://www.meetup.com/dc-ul-backpacking/events/256784894/ . This trip report is being archived on wordpress due to meetup getting rid of message board sections (which includes some unsaved trip reports like this one) on Jul 18th, 2024.] DCUL last undertook a section hike of the Tuscarora... Continue Reading →
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