As a sophomore in college, I’ve often felt the acute, if mostly untrue, fear that the choices I make now will have lasting impacts on the rest of...
As many know, I am not an Upper Valley native.I grew up in Utah and moved to the Upper Valley in 2017 after graduating from Southern Utah...
I owe much of my physical and mental health to my two wonderful dogs, Atlas and Kaya. I love hiking and the outdoors and I am committed to daily...
One year ago, the staff of the Upper Valley Trails Alliance was busy cleaning our trail tools after a season of use and storing them in our lending...
Just students check their work on a math problem or proofread an essay, when I finish a section of trail I’ve been working on, the final step is to...
Husbands of the world, take heed: You will never truly be able to read your wife’s mind. So just stop trying. Now.I’ve kept my partner for life...
I admire the through-hikers of the Appalachian Trail, although I’ll never be one.The time has long since passed when I could commit the time and...
Summer at the Upper Valley Trails Alliance, as always, has been an absolute dream. Our days as a staff are busy with trail work and spending time...
ORANGE, N.H. — I am on a sacred quest, propelled by an ancient memory embedded inside my cranium.No one from the Food Network will be ringing my...
It was a perfect day to complete a quest or a pilgrimage: blue sky at 7 in the morning; cool, but promising heat later; a weekday respite from...
DUXBURY, Vt. — Deciding to hike Camel’s Hump came from the same impetus that led to my first half marathon: the thought that this would be...
The last few months have felt more like years. Lockdown with family, working from home, Zoom calls and a steady barrage of troubling news have all...