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 doing that, I come here to share tales from the trail, reflections on the writing process, and explore hidden truths.
Whether you’re a hiker, a writer, or just someone trying to figure out their own next step, I hope this site encourages you to keep getting outside, keep exploring, and keep making new discoveries. I suppose this place serves as a very public reminder to myself that I need to keep doing the same.
Enjoy it out there!
What’s New
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Sock Murderers
Legend has it that Tom Brady once told a teammate that if he ever made it in the NFL, all he would want is a fresh pair of socks every day. I can’t say I have much in common with him, but Tom’s got me on the sock thing. Boy, do I love a good…
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Only the Mountains
It’s taken a bit to get back to these grand old climbing days. For a while I was hoping just to get to spend more time in the mountains again, but to be actually climbing them again? What a gift. It’s got me reflecting on the journey back to here. For those of you who…
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A Sunday Break
I’m posting this on a Sunday, though I didn’t write it on a Sunday. I actually wrote it on Wednesday night while waiting up for my son to get home from working out at the gym. But I’m trying to be better about unplugging from work and writing, one day a week, to be fully…
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You Were Meant to Feel it All
What did you think would happen? You take one pill to fix that, one to fix another, and before you know it, you don’t know one problem from the other. Unraveling all of that doesn’t happen at the flick of a switch. You can’t trick the brain for so long and actually believe it’s not…