The Quixotic Jedi

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
-Benjamin Franklin
I’m not exactly sure where I am as far as this quote goes, but I suppose that’s ok.  As far as I’m concerned, I’ve been doing things worth writing about.  I’m still riding high on the sense of accomplishment from climbing those four mountains last [...]

So I’m at the beginning of my Catskill 3500 Club winter peaks goal, right?  I mean, I’ve been talking about it for a while now, but why am I doing it (you ask yourself)?
At the end of the day, I think it’s basically ego-driven.  I enjoy hiking, but I like the sense of accomplishment I [...]

This weekend turned out to be a pretty good one, even though it was short and despite my best efforts to the contrary.  I planned to get up early on Saturday to go hiking, but didn’t get out of bed until around 2PM.  That gave me enough time to get my laundry done, play some [...]

Yes, yes, I know, dear reader: post quality has been abhorrently low lately.  I have no excuse except maybe to say that I’ve just not been feeling all that interesting lately.  So before I go on with my uninterestingness, a question:
Have you seen in your travels (on the interwebz) any websites similar to the now-defunct [...]

Well, I’m here.  At the Starbucks in Lake Placid NY.  I’m “checked in” at the hostel – which means I’ve picked up my key from the mailbox and claimed a bunk by putting my bag on it – and I’ve had dinner.  So what’s left to do except write to you, dear reader?
My mind keeps [...]

Scott loaned me The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, saying “It’ll change your life.”  I’m pretty sure he said that because the subtitle is “A Book That Changes Lives.”  Whatever.  I’m about fifty pages in right now.  I’ll let you know what I think when I’m done.  Millman definitely writes like an [...]

“Move along, folks. Nothing more to see here.” 
I’m going to do some subjective blogging for a bit:
Yesterday (Sunday 4/19) was a great day.  I climbed two mountains using only a map, compass and digital altimeter.  And my wits.  I feel phenomenal.  Seven miles of bushwack made for a hard hike, but my overall sense of [...]

I finally got my hiking partner Scott (the vegan success story and current blog-commenter extraordinaire) to dig up his USB cable for his digital camera and bring it by my house.  It took about two months and five minutes in total to get the photos since July uploaded to mycomputer.
I’m still working on the whole [...]

Today we’ll be hiking Balsam Mountain. This is one of the four required “winter peaks” for admission to the Catskill 3500 Club.  The last time we climbed this mountain was December 13th of 2008 (just before winter the ”beginning” of winter on 12/22).  
 
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In case you haven’t perused the Hiking Page lately, Scott and I carry a SPOT Messenger [...]

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t teach, criticize.“
If you read yesterday’s post all the way to the end and did, in fact, hit that “RSS” button up top, thank you for subscribing to this feed.  If you read yesterday’s post all the way through and didn’t hit the “RSS” button, [...]