For those of you who didn't see last month's National Geographic, they focused on Mount Washington and her horrendous weather. To re...

In the next couple of days I'll be sharing our experiences throughout the Animal Planet shoot. For now, suffice it to say the crew from ...

Some photos from yesterday's Animal Planet shoot with the crew from Powderhouse Productions. Top photo is of the producer, Joe Sousa, w...

Today is not a hiking day and this is not a hiking winter. Yes, we have done five hikes since winter started, but this is our first winter t...

Wonderful of Beth Maddaus to honor us with a post on her blog today with news of Atticus being on Animal Planet.

I've always said that Atticus is the brains, brawn and beauty of this operation and just to show you I'm not the only one who thinks...

When we hiked Mount Jackson the other day we had the pleasure of having the summit to ourselves...well, actually, we shared it with a trio ...

Our time in Tamworth is winding down. While I have no set departure date it is only a matter of time before we move to a more permanent loca...

Atticus posing on top of Mt. Jackson at the trail junction with Mt. Willey & Mt. Field in the direct background.

To know the best of January’s mountains is to see them dressed in a gleaming, virginal white under an azure sky. That contrast between heav...

When I was ten years old and found a rare moment of alone time in the house I grew up in, I cracked open my father’s dusty and musty copy of...

To our Angell Family this Holiday Season, The course of my life was determined by a cigarette. Forty years ago tomorrow, my family fell into...

For whatever the reason I continue to stumble when it comes to scanning in the photo page from the program of the MSPCA-Angell's Hall of...

Ah, the annual holiday issue. With that in mind, here’s a little something different from Tom & Atticus – some ideas for the winter hik...

Atticus and I have moved our operations to North Conway for two weeks. We're house/dog/cat sitting for a friend. While here we are explo...

There is never a time when I'm alone in the woods, thanks to my four-legged talisman. He leads, I follow, until, that is, we come to a t...

I’m not sure if you are familiar with Robert Frost’s poem, “My November Guest” or not. It’s beautiful for the starkness it evokes and suite...

This morning when Atticus and I walked, it finally felt like November: bare, steel-gray trees; brown lifeless leaves; the lazy drift of snow...

It has been said that the great poet philosophers of past centuries debated over the number of angels that could fit on the head of a pin. F...

In the most recent issue of The Mountain Ear (November 6, 2008; Volume 33, Number 25, Page 24), Steve Smith’s “Nooks & Crannies” hiking...