by Paty | Jan 13, 2023 | Books
Welcome to my fifth annual winter reading list! Each winter, I recommend a few outdoor-related books to keep my friends motivated for the upcoming hiking season. As an avid reader, I enjoy fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, and just about everything in between. Yet...
by Paty | Dec 24, 2022 | HP blogs
Have you ever wondered how many county high points there are in each state? Delaware has the fewest, with only 3 counties to consider. Texas has a whopping 254 county high points! And Louisiana technically has zero – but only because the state doesn’t have...
by Paty | Dec 23, 2022 | HP blogs
The new year is soon to be upon us and that means one thing. It’s time to set some new highpointing goals for 2023! This past year was filled with some epic adventures around some of the bigger peaks out West, including: My first glaciated climb on Mt. Hood, thereby...
by Paty | Nov 16, 2022 | US High Points, West Coast
Order of Visit: High Point # 46 Date Visited: November 11, 2022 Route Taken: Humu’ula Trail from the Maunakea Visitor Station – 13.4 miles (round-trip) Type of Terrain: Maunakea lays claim to being one of the most prominent (tallest)...
by Paty | Oct 25, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Gear, Spain
This was my second long-distance walk on Spain’s Camino de Santiago. I hiked both the Camino Frances and Camino Finisterre in September 2018 (you can find that year’s packing list HERE), and I probably could have used the same exact items for the Camino...
