travel light, wake early, walk far
DC UL continues to expand its tentacles into running and 2/16 brought 10 of us to the annual George Washington Day marathon (sponsored by the DC Road Runners) in mah-velous Greenbelt. Kathryn, Kevin (good to see you Kevin!) and Brian H. ran the full marathon and we had two teams of three relay runners (each... Continue Reading →
Operating as a cohesive team, we got into that mode where words aren’t necessary so much as moving and reacting assertively to steadily lay out trail.
I love going to the Adirondacks in the winter. The snow-scape one gets to see there is hard to find anywhere near DC. As this trip grew closer, we had a few dropouts and eventually, it was down to Kyle and me. Our original plan had us camping Friday and Saturday night. When Friday night... Continue Reading →
Some people work hard, party harder... this trip seemed to follow that mantra: powering through the miles with barely a break, and then taking camp + post-hike lounge time to new levels. Friday night, we set off from a cold & windy Vienna parking lot in 3 cars after a bit of "who's on first?"... Continue Reading →
(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 →
DC UL Backpacking 