Remains of the Day

As I've done readings and interviews for  Uphill Both Ways  over the last few months, one question has come up again and again: what...

 I'm pleased to share that my essay "Five Hundred Miles" appears in the 2022 issue of Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry....

I have a piece in the latest issue of TrailGroove Magazine called " Becoming a Trail Naturalist, " in which I give tips for hike...

The last (for now) of the short pieces I've been writing over the last year about our Colorado Trail hike last summer has just been pu...

Maybe you've noticed that I have a slight obsession with the weight of the gear we'll be taking on the trail. There's a very go...

Over the weekend, I finished sleeping quilts for E and Z for this summer's Colorado Trail hike. The idea behind the sleeping quilt i...

Our backpacking trip was really amazing. Four days of wilderness and peace and quiet, freedom fr...

We've been gearing up--literally--for our first family backpacking trip Over the past few months, I've been amassing backpack...