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Trail By Error In Washington: Wisdom Of Water
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All or nothing. Looking back, I could’ve easily done a lazy morning in Port Angeles, gone on a day hike in Olympic, camped out at a nice site, and been perfectly happy. No. I had to go backpacking. If I couldn’t climb because of my hand and had enough sense…
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Trail By Error in Washington: To Live and Die in Port Angeles & What’s This All For at The Royal Victorian Motel?
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I twisted up and down mountain roads – familiar yet foreign – until I finally found the sign I was looking for, pointing my way to Port Angeles. The Salish Sea to the north and the snow capped peaks of the Olympics to the south, Port Angeles is a town…
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Trail By Error in Washington: ever westward, towards the sun
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I thought about writing the Anderson Award festivities, and maybe I will, but I don’t have much to say. There were some thoroughly cool things, I met some thoroughly cool people, I was wined and dined when all I wanted was beer and burgers, and then it was done. It…
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Trail By Error in Washington (Somewhat): When it Rains, We Get Wet and Ramblings from Seattle
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It may be to some surprise that I start the Washington series somewhere decidedly not Washington – an overnight backpacking trip along the AT in James River Face Wilderness. Everything connects, though. I’m beginning this post on a layover at Dallas, waiting to board my connecting flight to Seattle, but…
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Trail By Error: Sometimes You Taste the Soup, Sometimes You’re In It
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It’s been a week of getting my hubris checked. About time. Hours after I posted my last blog, I went climbing, took a weird fall, and hurt one of the tendons in my thumb in the process. Maybe snapped it – I’m not sure, all I know is it hurts…
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Trail by Error in Appalachia – Dead Space
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We kept getting lost this trip. Not badly lost, or to an extent we couldn’t figure our way out of it. Sometimes we didn’t know how to get where we were going, and sometimes we didn’t know where we were going, only that we were going. Leaving Dolly Sods, we…
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Trail By Error in Appalachia – Drinking the Dolly Water
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Dennis, Elaine, and I headed out towards the southern portion of Dolly Sods, along Red Creek. It was Dennis’ first time there, and under normal circumstances I would’ve had us hit the northern portion which is both more unique and more exposed. With reports of thunderstorms in the evening, we…
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Trail By Error in Appalachia – Checking out Cracks and the Search for Wyatt in Smoke Hole Canyon
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Smoke Hole Canyon has a certain magic to it. I’ve said this about other places, I know, but that’s just a result of me having good taste and knowing to go to places with character (haha). Primarily known to fishermen and cavers, it’s gained notoriety with climbers in recent years…
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Trail By Error in Appalachia – The Looming Battle of Davis
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Similar to Trail By Error in the North Country, I’ve opted to treat this more as a series of vignettes from my most recent trip to West Virginia. Somewhat predictably, the loose plan I laid out in the first post of this series got significantly altered. Simple twists of fate. …
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Meaning in a Streamlined World
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Short read. Short leash. No interruptions. No setbacks. No noodling. No fat. No excess. Low fat, low carb, low intensity, low stakes, low tolerance, low alcohol, low down payment, low risk investment. Leave nothing to chance, have AI fill the margins. Boredom replaced with scrolling, if you’re not consuming you’re…