Solo · Backpacking
Rocky Mountain National Park Upcoming
The Rockies are next. High altitude, big exposure, and a permit system that requires planning months out. The dispatch will come when the boots dry.
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Shenandoah National Park
A solo traverse of the Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah — fog-draped ridgelines, deer at dusk, and the particular silence that only comes when you're far enough from roads to forget they exist.
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Great Smoky Mountains
The Smokies in early summer: wildflowers erupting on every switchback, thunderstorms that arrive without warning, and the ancient, patient feeling of a forest that was old before anyone was counting.
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Badlands National Park
Mars with grass. The Badlands don't offer shade or water or mercy. They offer an otherworldly landscape that changes color every hour and a silence so complete it starts to feel like pressure.
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