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Category Archives: Hiking
Kristin Rokos | Reader Athlete Dec. 2011
Age: 34 Residence: Northfield Family: Husband, Chris; four cats, Luna, Willow, Gypsy, and Merlin; parrot named Trail Mix Occupation: Corporate jet captain Primary sport: Hiking, trail running VS: In August you planned to run all of Vermont’s 4,000-foot peaks to … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Reader Athletes
Tagged Camel's Hump, fundraising, hiking, Mount Mansfield
Emergency Ankle Care | Sports Medicine Sept. 2011
This may sound familiar (and if it doesn’t now, it might in the future): you’re out on a trail run by yourself. You’re having a great time—one of your longest and fastest runs ever. All of a sudden—SNAP! You awkwardly … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, How-To, Mountaineering, Sports Medicine
Tagged ankle, injury, sports medicine, wilderness first aid
Don Kjelleren Sr. | Reader Athlete Sept. 2011
Don Kjelleren Sr. Age: 78 Residence: Shelburne Family: Wife, Lorelei; three children, Gary, Katherine, and Donald; five grandchildren Occupation: Retired Global Marketing Manager for DuPont Primary sport: Cycling VS: You’re the president of the Vermont Senior Games Association. How did … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Hiking, Reader Athletes, Running
Exciting Scrambles for Young Adventurers: Kid-Friendly Rocky Peaks the Whole Family Can Enjoy
Even before I had kids, I learned a valuable parenting lesson from a friend of a friend. His 7-year-old son had already (happily) summited more mountains than many adults I knew. This was no accident. The parent in question had … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, How-To, Kids
Going the (Long) Distance: Seven Long-Distance Hikes in the East
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time,” comedian Steven Wright famously once quipped. Nowhere might that be truer than on the trail. The Northeast is interwoven with thousands of miles of hiking trails, and—some basic physical fitness notwithstanding—all … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Expeditions, From Vermont Sports, Hiking
Tagged Appalachian Trail, backpacking, Cross Vermont Trail, hiking, Long Trail, Northville-Placid Trail
Help Your Knees Enjoy the Hike Too | Sports Medicine Aug. 2011
As an orthopedic surgeon and lifetime avid hiker who spent Father’s Day weekend on top of Mount Mansfield, Mount Hunter, and White Rocks, I know how that kind of weekend can be pretty hard on the knees. Fortunately, most of … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Sports Medicine
Tagged health and wellness, hiking, injuries, knees
Easy Hikes Around Lake Champlain | You Don’t Have to be a 46er to Master These Treks
Before 1609, when the great explorer Samuel de Champlain named Lake Champlain for himself, the Abenaki called it “Petonbowk,” which means “waters that lie between,” an apt name for this 120-mile-long body of water that lies between two magnificent mountain … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, How-To
Tagged Adirondacks, Green Mountains, hiking, Lake Champlain, Mount Philo, Poke-O-Moonshine
Perfect Pitch: How to Choose the Right Tent for You
There are few things as renewing to the soul as a night spent sleeping outdoors—falling asleep to the sound of crickets and waking to the sound of birdsong. Unless, that is, you wake up in an inch of water, surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Gear, Hiking, How-To, Mountaineering
Tagged backpacking, camping, family, gear, lightweight, mountaineering, tents
Ales With Altitude
Do you ever get the sense, as I do, that for as long as people have been brewing beer and climbing mountains, two seemingly unrelated pursuits—drinking beer and hiking—have gone together like Bonnie and Clyde, or peanut butter and jelly? … Continue reading
Posted in Expeditions, From Vermont Sports, Hiking
Tagged beer, brews, Burlington, hiking, Pisgah, stowe, Waterbury
Sign In June 2011
Lift-Access Mountain Biking Opening at the Kingdom Trails The Kingdom Trails Association plans to open its lift-served trails at Burke Mountain Ski Area in mid-June. Lift service, via the Sherburne Express chairlift, runs on weekends and holidays through mid-October. You … Continue reading
