The Arrowhead (Mescalero Mountain)
2,457 m (8,060 ft)

After climbing up to the summit of Mt. Livermore, the 5th highest peak in Texas, I was very much debating whether or not I should attempt the traverse over to Mescalero Mountain. On the one hand, I definitely wanted to make it over to this Potentially unclimbed summit, but on the other hand, I was worried...

Mt. Greylock, MA
1,064 m (3,490 ft)

Going from a three-hour red-eye flight to the rental car counter, then following with a six hour drive, a hike to the highest point in Connecticut, another three hours driving, a short hike to the highest point in Rhode Island, concluding with another four or five hours driving through a mini-Noreaster to a small...

Will Climb For Food
Pikes Peak, CO
4,303 m (14,117 ft)

After the all-too-familiar and all-too-tedious drive from Fort Worth to Colorado, Carol and I found ourselves in the mile-high plus vicinity of Colorado Springs. The itinerary for the day had us driving out to the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, and making...

Clingman's Dome, TN
2,025 m (6,643 ft)

Reaching the Clingman's summit is usually an easy 10 minute hike in the National Park. As on many of my other hikes, though, winter isn't usual. After visiting the highest point in Mississippi, Woodall Mountain, I started the long drive to Gatlinburg, TN. Instead of car camping as I had done earlier in...

Mt. Bierstadt, CO
4,288 m (14,067 ft)

As a birthday present, I decided to treat myself to a long weekend trip to Colorado. I made all the necessary preparations, and before I knew it , I was on a flight heading to Denver. My plan was to climb two Fourteeners (Mt. of the Holy Cross & Mt. Bierstadt) while I was there so that I could get...