I took a few hours the other evening to do a stroll through some tame woods in Foster, RI. The property was left to the Town Land Trust some years ago, and has recently had its old roads and game trails blazed. The map is here. No major elevations, just a stroll through…
Trip Report: RI North South Trail
Over the holiday weekend I thru-hiked the Rhode Island North/South Trail, a 78 mile path from the Atlantic Ocean to the RI/MA border in Burrillville, RI. Total time: approx 3.5 days Total mileage: approx 80 miles including travel from the trailhead If you JUST want pictures, the full album is here. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”3″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]…
Looking to improve your hiking performance? Drop some weight
Gear Most people, even active people, could stand to lose a few pounds. While there’s a lot of time spent on gearmongering and swapping steel for titanium, let’s look at what weighs what. “A pound on the foot is like 5 on the back” they say. What about “a pound off the belly…
One man’s trash … is another man’s trash
Microtrash is always a big problem, and rare is the trip I take without coming home with a cargo-pants pocket full of it. Common offenders are cigarette butts, corners of Clif/Snickers/Nature Valley bars, crumbs of those ubiquitous blue foam pads, and the occasional bandaid. Note, I never pick up toilet paper, so ladies, please try…
Leaving no trace in paradise
Digging through some old hiking photos from Hawaii, I was struck how similar the trail is to New England, despite having probably 1/100 of the traffic. That volcanic soil just can’t take the abuse, similar to the thin layer of soil on top of the mineral soils covering the mountains of the Northeast. Just like…