My hikes don’t always turn out quite like I planned. (See my post about Epic Hiking Fails if you don’t believe me.) Sometimes it’s really not that bad. Hiking to Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks Wilderness of Colorado many…
Generously Compensated for Failure
A number of months ago, a social media friend posted a picture of a beautiful mountain scene. He wrote, “Hiking up from the Lake Louise ski hill in October in Banff National Park I had planned to go over…
Epic Hiking Fail to Epic Hiking Success
Or, How to Save the Day when Everything Goes Wrong on the Trail You all see the pictures on the blog. They’re beautiful, sunny, spectacular. Some of you might even read the write up, usually a rather blissful account of…