Of all the people, in all the world,
how did you come to pick me?
Why do I deserve
these special maladies?
Where did I go wrong?
How can I take it back?
Is there something I could do to make up
for what I lack?
Because it’s too much—
these illnesses, these defeats.
Why, God, oh why
did you give them all to me?
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…
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…
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…