by Paty | Jan 21, 2023 | Trail Journals, Wind River Range
If you’ve read my trail journals, you know I encountered a fairly scary health issue in 2022. I was on an 8-day hiking and climbing expedition in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. A few days earlier, we’d summited the highest mountain in the state –...
by Paty | Jan 16, 2023 | Camino del Norte, Spain
When it comes to finding your way from Irún to Santiago, modern pilgrims on the Camino Del Norte have a bevy of options. In the past, many people relied solely upon their general sense of direction and the symbols marking the way. But is the simple advice of:...
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...
