Over the span of 9 days, 5 were 20+ mile days. I didn’t love it. We are incredibly proud of ourselves but damn my feet hurt. We are definitely smiles (or styles if we are hanging out with Lumen) over miles kind of hikers. Nevertheless, even smilers have to bust out the miles sometimes, and…
Walking out of Polebridge. Enjoy the Rain In the night a thunderstorm rolled lethargically through the valley. Little rain came from it, but the boom of thunder came directly from above. In a way it was soothing. Natural. Rangers with Guns In the morning I packed my camp and strolled easily through the morning. After…
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Dear friends, a thought on my mind: the importance of physiology in photography. What is physiology? The concept of physiology is kind of a more old-school one, which is falling a little bit out of vogue in more recent times. Nowadays, the bias in the trend is towards “mental health”, nobody focuses on physical health….
95 Days and 798.2 miles since Springer Mountain. Here I am in Glasgow, Virginia. Again. Still. Whatever. After my last entry I tested my bum knee with a little 11 mile slackpack. It failed the test. I charged up the first mountain faster than three miles an hour. Elated to be back on the trail…
Talking in circles: bad; walking in circles: good. At least this is true when the inside of your circle contains one of the most beautiful lakes in the entire US Earlier this month, I completed a thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT). This was the third consecutive year I’ve made plans to hike the…
By: Josh Sens June 30, 2022 Spieth? Rory? … Rahm?! Let’s take an early look at the Open favorites. Getty Images Nick Faldo did it. Ditto Sam Snead and Seve Ballesteros. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus pulled off the trick twice. Time after time, when golf’s oldest championship has come to the Old Course, the…
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Bermuda and back – Sun Fast 3300 again proving itself on the ocean by John Burnham 30 Jun 02:57 PDT June 25, 2022 Team Alchemist in the Newport Bermuda Race included Glenn and Darren Walters, James Harayda, and Ryan Novak-Smith. © Trixie Wadson Team Alchemist sailed first in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race with…
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In the months since the incredible, widespread success of Netflix’s Squid Game, viewers around the world have turned their eye towards K-dramas. Though it is unfortunate that it has taken this long for many to realize the charm of South Korean shows, 2022 has shown that the world of K-dramas can be deeply moving, wildly…
Rahul Dravid only arrived in England a week ago, but he hasn’t missed any of the buzz around the recent improvement of the England team under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes. The head coach of India acknowledges that he was unable to see “too much” of England’s victory over New Zealand in their series. This…
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Day 16: Rufus Morgan Shelter (2184′, 135.9) – Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC, 1732′) 5-19-22Number of miles hiked: 1.0Total AT miles hiked: 136.9AT miles left to go: 2058.3 It was just a short walk downhill to NOC, where we stayed the night in a double bunk room the size of a small chicken coop with an…
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