Rambling Hemlock

I'm continuing to work on changing the way I hike to improve my alignment, and thus prevent my problems with knee pain that I've be...

A few of us from the Georgia Trail Dames group drove up to meet the North Carolina Dames to help with their beginner backpacking trip at Pa...

Bears are one of the things that scares me the most in the outdoors.  And I know I am not alone in my fear .  I've spent many hours lyi...

"The less you carry, the more you'll find" - Garlic On my first backpacking trip, I carried 35 lbs. of stuff that all seemed...

**Warning: I've avoided talking about my knee pain, but I'm posting this now in case it helps anyone else.   Other people's heal...

On hot August Georgia days, it's a challenge to find water on ridge-top trails.  Many springs are reduced to tiny trickles which flow dr...

It was late in the day and we were tired.  The last climb up Little Hump Mountain in the Roan Highlands at the TN/ NC boarder had us all tuc...