Welcome!
My name’s Matt, and I love to write and hike. I’m the author of 4000s by 40 and am currently working on book two. When I’m not working on that, I come here to share tales from the trail, reflections on the writing process, and whatever else I’m exploring at the moment.
If you’ve got a moment, check out the latest posts and drop a comment if you have an experience to share or if something rings true for you. Whether you’re a hiker, a writer, or just someone who loves a good story, I hope you find something here that resonates as you pursue your own discoveries.
What’s New
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Getting Back to Our Roots
There’s been a surge in climbing and hiking in the past decade or so. It’s noticeable. Places where you never saw cars parked, now have a few. Places where there were five or ten, now have twenty or more. Some places like the AMC Highland Center on Route 302 in Crawford Notch are lined with…
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A National Service Solution to the College Tuition Crisis
I’ve got two kids going off to college next year, and it’s sparked a lot of conversation lately with other parents about the ridiculous cost of sending kids off to a place where most of what they learn is how to party with their peers. It was getting exorbitant in the 1990s, when tuition breached…
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Bring Out the Imp (and Middle Carter)
Winter has come to the White Mountains. After climbing the Imp Face and Middle Carter on Friday, it feels strange because it’s still clearly autumn at home. It’s as if I dipped myself in another world for a moment and am now home with the memories of a strange, magical trip. Not many hikers out…
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American Myopia
the eighties are gone the nineties are gone what are we so afraid of? we try so hard to box out what now is, from what was hoping rhetoric can change reality hoping lakes still freeze like they used to hoping fires don’t burn more than they did wishing away the rising heat and rising,…