Tag: travel

  • Imagine you’re standing in an American forest circa 1700. How different do you think it would be from any given forest you might visit in 2026? The answer is – in most cases – wildly different. Living things operating on…

    Alarming Auguries for the Ash
  • Three days into the AT, around Lime Rock springs in a crushing 92F heat, I sat down on a rock while my companion went to filter water and wrote these words: “There are places that scrape against the sky, where…

    Lessons from the Appalachian Trail
  • It’s spring at long last here in the Last Green Valley, and hikers are out in droves. (Which, in hiking, means meeting two people on a typical hike instead of one.) As usual, I’m seeing the usual mix of seasoned trail…

    Ten Tips For Hiking Like a Pro