Back in 2016, when I started getting a little more serious about finding new mountains to climb, I found a great website called Peakbagger.com. It compiles lists of mountains, complete with elevations and topographic maps to help you determine actual elevation gain. It also serves as a helpful tool to track where you’ve been. I…
Author: Matt Larson
With my first book, 4000s by 40, released this fall, I am fulfilling a lifelong dream of writing, and am excited to continue the journey of storytelling with future projects—so much so that the day after I published 4000s by 40, I began my next work.
Much of my inspiration comes from nature. My early love for the ocean, found on the South Shore of Massachusetts, has transitioned into a deep passion for the mountains here in New Hampshire, and I wanted to share that with my first book.
If you’d like to connect or have any inquiries, you can reach out to me at [email protected]. I’m also on Instagram and Facebook at wanderingmatt8. Happy reading!
A Slug on the Mountain
Think of all the generations it must have taken
to drag your lousy carcass up here.
What are you doing?
Where do you think you’re going to go?
I almost stepped on you—are you unaware?
I would have, too, had I not been minding my steps,
halfway up a mountain
you’re not supposed to be.
An Easy Go on Mount Willard
Today I found the tiniest of windows in the week to escape for the mountains, and I chose Mount Willard as my quarry. Mount Willard is a great hike if you’re looking to take the kids without inciting a full-on mutiny. It’s just long enough to make you feel immersed in nature, and just short…
Existential Windshield Wipers
Every week—really every day—I make a point of trying to learn something new. A new skill, a new fact, a new place, a new anything. Sometimes these learnings are driven by curiosity, and sometimes they are presented to me as an opportunity. Like this morning, when the rubber on one of my windshield wipers frayed…