Yesterday’s “why can’t I stop hiking” was huge hit among the hiking twitterati so I figured I’d expand on that theme with a challenge to everybody in the hiking blogosphere to post a short “why we hike” essay (if you…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The case for hiking, revisited
by tom • April 13, 2011 • 2 Comments
It’s just walking on dirt. So why can’t I stop hiking? It’s not everything; it’s all the little things that seem huge at the time: like when that startling flash of brown in the tree canopy turns out to be…
First hike to Rainbow Falls in Gorges State Park
by tom • April 12, 2011 • 4 Comments
The first time I landed in Transylvania County, I figured the “Land of Waterfalls” signs represented the typical rural region overselling its meager asserts. Well, two awesome waterfall hikes in two visits has turned me around. This week’s source of…
Guest post for Travel Country blog: 5 places to find hiking trails online
by tom • April 11, 2011 • 0 Comments
I have a new gig to write occasional blog posts for Travel Country, the web retailer based in central Florida. I started out with the basics: five ways to find hiking trails online. Travel Country has an intriguing stable of…
Cook’s Wall revisited
by tom • April 3, 2011 • 2 Comments
This’ll be a quick one — a jaunt up to Cook’s Wall at Hanging Rock State Park. While it’s under five miles, this is a pretty vigorous hike with lot of rocky trails and witness-the-earth’s-curvature views on a clear day.…