Author: Steven

The sounds of the waterfall had me fast asleep and down for quite some time.  We were late getting out that morning and sure enough, as always he was raring to go.  Flailing and I headed out behind her as we talked about nonsense and other things.  Climbing up wildcat took quite a bit of … Continue reading Shaky feet and no sleep

We had been thrown out of the Yellow Deli, asked to not return.  Had we been loud, boisterous, drunk, disruptive, rude or destructive? No, we had commingled to often.  The three of us had sat in one bedroom or another all together watching TV on my tablet too many times.  We had done what we … Continue reading Kicked out and worn out

Leaving the tent site in the morning I hurried to the shelter to pack up my gear. We set out to climb Madison fairly early, making great time over the boulders on our climb. I passed a few Flip Floppers who I had seen back in Virginia.  Flip Floppers are hikers who hike a section … Continue reading Last day of The Whites

There is nothing like being woken up at 6 in the morning when you spend the whole night tossing and turning.  I was grateful to have been inside, although I could have had a sleeping pad that wasn't shot. We did our morning chores and helped out with the hut crew. After breakfast we set … Continue reading Did you take the road?

The nignt in the hostel was soon soured by the sheer number of people. It had gone from an intimate few to a overfull hostel in just a few hours. There was no space and no place of quiet. More than thirty people occupied two rooms that, at best seated a dozen.  I went to … Continue reading Is that all you got? Come on!

For the second day in a row I woke up wet, the water bladder had leaked in the night all over rate tent floor and my stuff was wet again. To make matters worse I found out in that night that my pad was shot and needed to be repaired. I was starting the day … Continue reading Day hikers

Disaster, I couldn't believe what had happened, in the night we had tented in the only smooth spot on the peak and it just so happened to be the only spot were water collected as well. Twiggs was soaked through and through, all of his gear and bedding was toast, not one piece of his … Continue reading The Hutts

I had to wait in town for my rain jacket, I had lent it to Thor at the last hostel and he hadn't returned it yet. He was suppose to be in town that morning and all I could do was to wait while my friends hiked out. It was so unbelievably frustrating having to … Continue reading Sleeping at 5300 ft

We sat around all morning after breakfast, doing nothing but laying in bed and talking.  We had no reason to get out with ten miles to make it to the hostel, so we could start the White Mountains.  Enjoying our lazy morning we slowly made our way to the outside.  Flailing was trying to get … Continue reading Short and Quick