My friend Ann is fond of saying her most memorable hikes are often the ones when the wheels fall off the cart. Last week Atticus and I enter...

While waiting for Jeff to go up and tag North and South Hancock today, Atticus and I spent much of our time sitting by streams. This was my...

Yes, I’m aware someone needs a haircut and a bath and could maybe stand to lose a few pounds. (I mean besides me.) Today we were off to hike...

“In Loving Memory of our best friend, Spot! For although we may not be together in the way we used to be, We are still connected by a cord n...

"In memory of my Dazy dog. I adopted Dazy from a family in Campton, NH shortly after I graduated from college. She was 10 months old at...

"In memory of our neighbors' collie Shanena; who passed away several years ago at the age of 13. Of all the collies she owned, Shan...

"I dedicate Galehead to all my cat and dog friends, past and present (and that’s a lot!). I've attached is a photo of the present c...

Sorry to be missing as of late but I escaped the high humidity of the mountains with a much-needed trip down to Newburyport between Wednesda...

It took a few days but the slide show from last Saturday's hike to Galehead and South and North Twin is finally up. You can access it by...

“And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascendi...

Just catching up on a few things from over the weekend. Before too long I'll have the slide show from this past weekend's hike over...

Just a quick post to announce the slide show from today's hike up Chocorua is up. More to follow on this trip tonight and into tomorrow ...

If the weather holds out tomorrow, we’re off to hike Mt. Chocorua by way of the Champney Falls Trail. It is named after the influential he...

Another death on the hiking trails in Franconia Notch. This one took place this weekend, making it the third in half a year. First there we...

Yesterday, we hiked the Nancy Pond Trail to Nancy’s Cascade and then eventually to Nancy Pond. The name of the trail, cascade and pond come...

I came upon this today on the Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor . I’ve long been charmed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This tells more a...

One of the various joys that attend hiking with Ken and Ann Stampfer is watching Ken with his camera and then seeing how he captures a hike ...

This from Sports Illustrated's website today: ATHENS, Ga. -- Uga VI, the beloved University of Georgia mascot, has died from congestive ...

Today's original plan was to head to Galehead and North and South Twin but low-flying clouds and the threat of rain changed that plan. B...