White Mountains, New Hampshire
Ridge Line in the Dark
A 4am start on the Presidential Traverse, and the case for hiking the boring parts before sunrise.
- Distance
- 23.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 9,000 ft
- Moving time
- 11h 20m
A trail-running & slow-travel journal
Notes from long ridgelines and slower trips.
No listicles, no “top 10”. Just what a route or a place actually asked of us, written down while it was still fresh.
Latest entries
Piedmont, Italy
Three Weeks Without a Plan
What happens when you show up in a place with no itinerary, no bookings past night one, and a rule against making any.
- Days
- 21
- Towns slept in
- 9
- Bookings made in advance
- 1
Cairngorms, Scotland
Reading a Topo Map Badly, On Purpose
A short defense of getting slightly lost as a navigation-skills exercise, and the one rule that makes it safe.
- Distance
- 11.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,150 ft
- Times off-route
- 3
Zagori, Greece
The Village With One Bus a Day
On staying somewhere the infrastructure actively discourages a quick visit, and what you notice when leaving isn't easy.
- Days
- 5
- Buses per day
- 1
- Other travelers met
- 2