I found my old logbook from when I was a caretaker at the Piazza Rock shelter area on the Appalachian Trail in Maine. What a terrific experience, it really opened my eyes to Leave No Trace as a philosophy, and the overall effect that small impacts have when multiplied by hundreds. I spoke to hundreds…
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“Wild” movie review
Meh. First off, it’s not a hiking movie. There’s some scenery, and a few legit interactions between the main character and other hikers, and some might-not-have-happened-but-definitely-could-have scary scenes with some hunters, but it’s not a hiking movie. It’s a movie about a woman who grew up out of control, in a house that was out…
MATC caretakers bring down thousands of pounds of trash
I met Ian last year while camping at the Horns Pond shelter area. He single-handedly triggered an avalanche of volunteer work which cleaned up an old Fire Warden’s cabin site (of which I played one small part). Over the years the place had been completely trashed out. http://www.matc.org/assets/Resolved-Refuse-Removal-ATJourneys-MarApr2014.pdf The MATC caretakers at Horns Pond in…