Getting Published!
Shortly after returning from my Appalachian Trail thru-hike I was asked to contribute a feature article to a fitness magazine. The focus was to be on the sport of “Fastpacking”…
Race Report: Tarzan Runs The Bulldog 50K
On August 25 I decided to do something I’ve never done before…run a 50K (31 mile) ultra marathon. I didn’t just decide to do this on August 25th though…the idea…
Giving Presentations
As I settle into the “real world” after the trail I’ve realized one thing…that I like talking about the trail! I don’t mind rounds of rapid fire questions about me,…
A Hiker In The City
It is well over a month now since I completed the AT. I have been working on settling back into “reality” and I’m not sure if I’m being successful or…
MEAT Completes The AT!
Hot off the press…my hiking buddy (and college roommate) Meat just completed his 2012 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail! We hiked the first 900 miles together and then both “hiked…
Sweet Home California
Three weeks have already gone by since I reached the summit of Mount Katahdin and I don’t know where the time has gone. I spent two weeks traveling across the…
What is this “Day Hiking” you speak of?
The alarm rang at 5:45 AM.It was only a little over a week since I’d finished the Appalachian Trail and I’d been mostly relaxing, but I was ready to get…
The Beard Update
I have been asked a lot about how long I plan to keep the beard (mostly from Amy, with a bit of an agitated and annoyed tone). Well, even though…
Heading Home…
July 22-23. I went to bed in the hotel room last night, with no more hiking or camping in my near future. As I drifted off to sleep though I…
Katahdin – I AM DONE!
July 21. SUMMIT DAY! I wasn’t too cold overnight…which was good, but it also meant that I slept in until 5 AM. No matter, I thought if I woke up…
Wilderness Done & Baxter State Park
July 20. Another cold night in my fleece sleeping bag liner, but another night closer to being done and back in a warm bed! I was up again at 3…
100 Mile Wilderness – Day 2 (40 Miles!)
July 19. First night sleeping in the 100 Mile Wilderness…cold! Around 3 AM I woke up frozen…probably because I sent home my 15 degree sleeping bag in Monson and traded…