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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Not Enough Time to Cover It All
When the writing bug strikes there are these moments where your ability to write can’t keep up with the entirety of your thoughts, and you end up losing some of the complexities you were hoping to deliver. Your hands might catch up with two or maybe even ten of your ideas, but now and again…
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Finishing What You Started — Dusting off the Book
Ok it’s time. Time to finish what I started. Awhile back I finished the rough draft of my first book, which chronicled my efforts to tackle all of the 4000 footers in New Hampshire before turning 40. It’s taken forever for me to get back to it and do the final edit. Life interrupting me…
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I Am a Terrible Mother
Ever since my wife went back to work full-time, I’ve had to step in and take on some of the more “traditional” mothering duties, and let me tell you, women might be able to do anything a man can do, but I certainly can’t do everything a woman can. Not well at least. I am…
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Healing or Complaining, Write or Wrong?
When I started this blog, I was hoping it was going to be about mountains and writing. Perhaps be a platform for some more creative writing pursuits that I’ve got planned. But instead the bulk of my entries so far have been about this damn nerve pain. It wasn’t supposed to be this way! I…