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June 2026
Slow on purpose Breaking in, again
March
There are no bridges
January
More questions for 2025 A neutral life
December 2025
Forty questions for 2025 What I read this year Should I quit? Rush less, enjoy more
November
The Web of a lifetime
October
Just call me What’s worth doing?
September
Bramiti e burocrazia La prova del Civetta La Rochelle Fatica e confidenze Windrider Al Lago di Braies Food and kilometers Alexander the Great’s last piss
July
Art, intelligence, and purpose What are the odds?
June
The end of your long journey Re: Non-negotiables
April
I have no time Don’t ask “how are you?”
March
Reintegrating the clues Thermodynamics of a sleeping bag The Waiting Free Falling
December 2024
No gifts, please
August
There and back again Who will return? The last night It’s over A bit of Washington The Way Forward The final challenge Alone Uncertainty Who’s a traveler? A long-expected picture Oregon’s last hundred Thru-hiking has a problem What do others think of me?
July
Man vs nature Is it finished? Recovery math Breaks are pricey Oregon Professional hikers A relaxing detour Only halfway through? Enjoy with caution This is no holiday Dixie Fire Temperance Sierra City Filling time What keeps me going? Wildfire Pictures that matter Ninety days What’s the point? South Lake Tahoe Many meetings What about jinx? Felix Felicis
June
Bye bye Sierra One thousand and one miles A place you can’t enjoy I’m tired More than a marathon The first twenty miles Town is calling back Anger therapy Summer in the Sierra Lessons in trail zen Snow, endless snow Intermezzo Double Eight hundred miles Back in three Zero in Bishop Forester Pass Mt. Whitney Ready for Whitney? The end of Sierra pre-show Welcome to Sierra Feels like Sierra Pre-Sierra Seven hundred miles
May
Is it real? Like a videogame Trail legs The end of the desert Let’s run some numbers The comfort zone Resources (again) A few thoughts on friendships Forty days and forty nights The last mountains Baden-Powell for real Baden-Powell & friends What does ultralight mean? Rauros Falls We’ve been lucky
April
Tough decisions What does my journey contain? The disaster of Mission Creek Three weeks on trail Bye bye San Jacinto Alpine environments The second trial San Jacinto Wilderness Water Resources Slowly A gift from the hundredth mile The first zero The first trial A very late start Mount Laguna Playing against Garry Kasparov Why am I doing this? Here I am
December 2023
Mirage Maintenance Wait For It If You Give A Seed A Fertilizer Scratchcards Gear Ratios Cube Conundrum
September
La fine? Motivazioni e paure dei compagni di viaggio L’occasione inaspettata Condivisione La tappa più lunga La Rioja, il suo vino e le zanzare Il Cammino è solitudine e socialità Come ci nutriamo durante il Cammino? Quali paure ci portiamo nello zaino? Nel cuore della Navarra Quando ci sentiamo davvero a casa? Quanto mi costerà? Le motivazioni di un viaggio La partenza è già un viaggio
July
Do we feed on energy? Ci nutriamo davvero di energia? The theory
December 2022
Regolith Reservoir Distress Signal Monkey in the Middle Cathode-Ray Tube Rope Bridge Treetop Tree House No Space Left On Device Tuning Trouble Supply Stacks Camp Cleanup Rucksack Reorganization Rock Paper Scissors Calorie Counting
November
What I learned
August
E adesso?
July
La Regina che era bianca Ambiente lunare sui Monti Pallidi Il richiamo del Mulaz A Passo di sandalo Varietà Respira, sei in Trentino La Magnifica Fiemme e il selvaggio Lagorai Verso il campo base
March
A fresh start
December 2021
Hydrothermal Venture Dive! Sonar sweep
November
And the Advent begins