Finally, a SC peak with a forest road/path. Well at least one anyway.
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Peaks of the Balkans – Backpacking through Albania, Montenegro, and Kosovo
When I moved to Europe in 2018 I ended up with some unexpected extra time on my hands before starting my job in Belgium. I eventually spent that time hiking around Romania, but not before reading about a trail called the Peaks of the Balkans. A ~190km loop trail through the rural mountains at theContinue reading “Peaks of the Balkans – Backpacking through Albania, Montenegro, and Kosovo”
San Jacinto solitude and backpack field test
Since May 2017 my Osprey Stratos 36 has been my daypack and spent has many hundreds of hours on the trail with me. On the recent Spectre hike one of the loops for the hiking poles broke. Time to send it in for repairs.
El Teide & Christmas 2023 in Tenerife
For Christmas 2023 Bianca and I traveled to the Canary Islands and spent two weeks car camping around Tenerife, with a brief hop over to La Gomera. Dispersed camping is not allowed on the islands, but Tenerife has a great series of free public campgrounds to make up for it. We spent our two weeksContinue reading “El Teide & Christmas 2023 in Tenerife”
Chestnut Ridge and Flattop
Two more South Carolina mountains but with some interesting environs.