Open your mind to the idea that by doing something mindlessly easy, you might just be moving out of your comfort zone.
Summer hiking
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Sometimes you need to step away from the familiar to realize what you have, and what you don’t. Sometimes you really need the not-having. And that’s OK.
My legs were at once on fire, numb to the pain, still feeling the crush of every step. But I was in the mountains again, after a far too long hiatus.
The best of life is on Passaconaway, but getting back to the point… what was the question, again?
A hike up Cannon. Can a butterfly’s wings defeat a crazy steep trail? What about two?
You have to take what the mountains give you. But sometimes you find that it’s exactly what you need. The trail provides.
Why suffer the hardship, the pain, the miles of the Pemi Loop? What’s there? Oh wow, lots.
East Pond and it’s little sibling are two hidden gems.
Hiking Monadnock from the north, at the southern end of the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, proves yet again that the mountain has differences.
Waumbek is one of the shortest four thousand footers, but also really sweet, and along with its companion Starr-King, doesn’t disappoint.
Osceola from Tripoli Road is an easier hike than from Greely Pond. But it’s no less thrilling, especially heading over to East Osceola via the infamous chimney.
Mt Cabot is that odd-duck of the 48. Not particularly high, viewless, and it’s a very long way away. But sometimes that’s exactly what you need.