That's a wrap After having to cancel a trip to the Broken Group Islands (near Ucluelet) due to weather, I was eager to eke out one last...

Pure magic. On my way up to backpack the North Coast Trail , I stopped to camp at Telegraph Cove. I knew I would be back a couple weeks...

Cape Sutil to San Joseph Beach This post is a roast to the North Coast Trail, a newer member of long-distance routes along the coastline...

Tofino to Hot Springs Cove Two years and two days. That’s how long it took to return to Tofino. Only this time, it wasn’t the end of an...

Water Canyon to Spanish Bottom The final stretch It was only about six miles from Water Canyon to where I'd ultimately end the trip....

Stillwater Canyon to Water Canyon Zero day The next morning, I knew I needed a rest day. A proper rest day. I would cash in and reap the...

Potato Bottom to Stillwater Canyon Bait and switch If the previous day was the "loveliest" day of the whole trip, then this was the......

Hey Joe Canyon to Potato Bottom Bowknot Bend A few miles downstream I came to an iconic section of the Green River, called Bowknot Bend....

Crystal Geyser to Hey Joe Canyon Big Blue Last summer I had an adventure-within-an-adventure while bikepacking the Great Divide Mountain...

Pokhara to Kathmandu to Denver Haggling is expected Between slow meals overlooking the lake in Pokhara, I sparred with local shop owners...

Namche to Lukla to Kathmandu to Pokhara Holding patterns After convalescing at my teahouse in Namche, I was finally feeling well enough...

Pangboche to Namche A day early, but still a dollar short Apparently I arrived in Pangboche a couple days too early for the festival....

Gokyo to Pangboche On asking, "why?" By unexpectedly—but by no means regretfully—spending four nights in Gokyo, I got to slow down and...

Gokyo The place There are no roads to Gokyo village. Situated at 15,500 ft, the only ways to get here are by four days of trekking or by...

Lungdhen to Gokyo My Lungdhen Teahouse I arrived to my teahouse in Lungdhen in the early afternoon and splurged on a large pot of ginger...

Namche to Lungdhen The trek continues The trek from Namche to Thame was fairly mellow, again with gorgeous views and very few tourists....

Kathmandu to Namche Upon arrival The thing with traveling is that things seldom go according to plan. Planning beyond 50% of the way is...

Tofino, British Columbia, to Asheville, North Carolina Beginnings and endings In one of my earliest blog posts, I wondered whether I had...

Tofino, VanIsl, British Columbia Reflections As I'm working on this blog post, it's late and I'm sitting on Saoirse's deck overlooking...