Year in Review 2022

Well we're just about to the end of 2022.  A mediocre year running wise but a fine year for mountain adventures.  Check out my video which has all the stats and my favorite adventures of the year!

Hiking the Hancocks

Backpacking in the Pemi and Finishing 3rd Round of the NH48

Grills Preserve 10k and 10 Mile Trail Race

Hiking Mt. Hale in the Foliage

Difficult but Beautiful Hike in the Northern Presidentials

White Mountain Foliage 2022

Some drone footage from this past weekend up in the Whites.  Primarily around Appalachia and Twin Mountain area.

Trail Running in Burlingame

Overnight on Mt. Washington

White Mountain Camping at Sawyer Pond

Anchor Down Ultra 24 Hour Race

Well not quite. Made it just under 17 hours with 51.4 miles covered. Overall I'm happy considering I didn't train at all for this thing. Hopefully I can get my training/motivation in gear so that I can make progress in my next race instead of just suffering. That said, this was a fun race and I loved that you run in the dark near the beginning while you're still fresh. Great atmosphere and well worth a look if you want to run a timed event!

Sir Royce Claymore Presents: Narragansett Bay

Wildcat Ridge Trail and the Great Gulf Wilderness

Backpacking on Mt. Isolation in the White Mountains

Backpacking the Bigelow Range

Spent Father's Day weekend backpacking with friends deep in Maine.  Difficult wet and cold conditions on Day 1 led to gorgeous views on Day 2.  An excellent trip!

Scotland Day 7-8 - Edinburgh and the end of our Scotland trip

Scotland Day 7 - Ben Nevis, highest peak in the U.K.

Scotland Day 6 - Road to the Isles and Glen Nevis

Sleeping Giant State Park

Scotland Day 5 - Glen Brittle and lots of waterfalls

Scotland Day 4 - Isle of Skye and the Quiraing

Scotland Day 3 - The Glenelg Circuit

Scotland 2022 Day 1 and 2 - Glasgow and Glencoe

The Scottish Highlands Trailer

Well Amanda and I wrapped up a truly incredible trip to Scotland. I've got a lot of footage that'll take me months to turn into videos but I wanted to get a short trailer video up quickly. Here it is!

Testing Out My New Hammock

Rhode Island Greenway - Washington Secondary Bike Path

Fun long run last Sunday in Coventry as I explored the bike path west towards the CT border...until it turned into a trail.  Followed it the rest of the way to the border.  Made for a fun run and a short video.  Took some footage with my drone along the way to spruce it up.

Overnight Bond Traverse - Heavy Snow and Good Friends

The Greatest Music Video Ever About Hot Tent Camping

White Mountain Overnight on the Sandwich Range

My friend and I spent a night on the Kate Sleeper Trail over Presidents' Day weekend. We made it an easy carspot by leaving my car at Sabbaday and making the short drive to the Oliverian Brook Trail. We started in spikes but on the ascent to Passaconaway we switched to snowshoes and they would be used for the bulk of the trip. Day 1 was cold and in the single digits much of the day. We saw a good number of people as we went from Passaconaway to Whiteface and then were were alone for the remainder, except for one pair we met at the top of North Tripyramid and those enjoying Sabbaday Falls.

The heavy packs wore us down and we were tired by the time we reached Whiteface.  We were breaking trail on Kate Sleeper and ready for camp. Luckily there were plenty of good spots to camp on that trail. We set up camp in the low point between East and West Sleeper and while the temps warmed through the night the wind also howled something fierce. I had my share of camping blunders, doing a poor job with my tarp tie-outs and having stove issues in the morning. Luckily Pete heated up water for me. The most challenging part of the trip was the South Slide climb. It was fairly icy but the snowshoes worked great for traction (as well as the heel rises). Pete lost his Garmin InReach on the slide which was dispiriting but we deloaded, threw on spikes and went back down. Luckily he found it right where he suspected he lost it. We wore spikes the rest of the way up South Tripyramid out of stubborn/laziness and that was a true slog. From there we went back to snowshoes for the remainder of the trip.

After enjoying the short packed out section from Middle to North to Middle Tri, we descended via the Sabbaday Falls Brook Trail. The trail was choppy due to the recent warm temps and as we descended it probably reached 40 degrees, resulting in mash potato snow. That five mile hike out really finished us off. Passaconaway and Whiteface were #27-28 on my winter 48 list and Whiteface was #45 for Round 3 leaving me with three more to go (Owls Head, Isolation and Wildcat A).

Snow Storm Hike up Mt. Tecumseh

Enjoyed this hike up Tecumseh to start Presidents' Day Weekend.  It began to snow just before I arrived and ended right after I finished.  Perfect timing!

Winter Backpacking Gear

Well I've yet to get up to the Whites for winter backpacking yet this season.  Had two trips planned in January that were cancelled due to weather.  I had put this video together before the last one.  It breaks down all the gear I plan on bringing.  Hopefully I'll make it up there in a couple weeks!

Deep Snow in Rhode Island!

 Glad we finally have some actually snow in RI thanks to the recent blizzard!

My Snowshoe Evolution

With the big storm coming this weekend this video is appropriate.  Here's a look at the snowshoes I've used over the last five years.

Hammock Camping During Winter Storm

Mt. Pemigewasset Hike

Resolution 5k Beach and Trail Race

 A blast from the past!  Thanks to Steve Brightman for hosting this fun run version of the race.   Man I'm slow.  Once I got past the house I decided to just backtrack a bit and film folks rather than huff and puff to the finish as quickly as possible.

Winter Hammock Camping in Rhode Island

Winter Hiking - Mt. Avalon, Field and Tom

 

2021 Year in Review

No more blog write-up over the past year but I did make a video highlighting my mileage/elevation and my top 5 adventures/races of 2021.  Happy New Year all!