Introduction There’s a particular kind of person who shoots off a boat the moment it docks, overtakes everyone on the jetty, and disappears up a trail at a pace that suggests they’ve either trained seriously for this or simply haven’t registered yet...
Introduction There’s something deeply suspicious about waking up before sunrise on vacation. Normal people roll over and go back to sleep. Ambitious hikers lace up boots and voluntarily walk uphill for several hours. And yet, here we are. A Morning hike at Ben Lomond...
Introduction Let’s be upfront about something: I did not waltz up Queenstown Hill in a linen shirt looking effortlessly windswept. There was huffing. There was a brief philosophical crisis somewhere around the 800-foot elevation mark. And there was definitely a...
