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Alta Via 2 Post Mortem

Right before New Year’s I pushed myself to finally organize and publish the images from the hike Antonella and I took through the Dolomiti mountains this August. I actually wrote 3 posts while in the clutches of the hike—one for … Continue reading

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Alta Via 2, Day 5: Happy Trails

Unlike the previous 4 posts in this series, there was never even a fragment of a post for the fifth day of our Alta Via hike. In fact, I’m composing this exactly 5 months after the final day of our … Continue reading

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Alta Via Day 4 Or, IWDRM Or, 666 the Trail of the Beast

It was hard to leave Rifugio Gardenacia [sic], as I mentioned in my last post, it ruled! But onward we must go, the forced march stops for no man or woman (and all those on the spectrum)! We were leaving … Continue reading

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Alta Via Day 3 Or, the High Plains Drifters

I wrote this post on August 7th, the evening following a magical third day of our hike through the Dolemites. You can read the post about day 1 here and day 2 here. I was able to write three posts … Continue reading

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Alta Via Day 2 Or, Break on Through to the Other Side

I wrote this post on August 6th, the evening following an epic second day of our hike through the Dolemites. You can read the post about day 1 here,  which was actually published in a timely fashion. I was able … Continue reading

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Alta Via Day 1 or, If You Really Loved Me You Would Bring Me Edelweiss

So, I’m blogging from my phone because for the first time in about 15 years I left my laptop at home. I’ll be in the mountains for the next 5 days hiking the Dolomites. An upside of not having a … Continue reading

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Mini Mt. Marcy

Last month Lauren and I travelled to Skidmore College to run our first Reclaim Roadshow. I thought it was a great success, and Lauren has already blogged her reflections on the two-day workshop/user-group. I agree with her entirely that it … Continue reading

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Alto Bavige

It’s back to work after a week up in the mountains of Alto Adige, more specifically Val Passiria just north of the gorgeous city of Merano. It’s the first time in a long while I checked out almost entirely of … Continue reading

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St. Zeno and St. Anastasia walk into a Burger Joint in Verona

In an effort to organize the over 8000 photos I took this year and generally catch up on some blogging of my travels since January (see this post for more rationale/navel gazing) I’m gonna start with my most recent day … Continue reading

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Down South New Zealand

Picking up on my previous post about our vacation to New Zealand, I wanted to finish up my reflections on this amazing trip with some images and brief thoughts on the South Island. Firstly, everyone we talked to when preparing … Continue reading

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