Hikes

I like a challenge, ideally one measured in summits, miles, or both. Give me a list and I'll want to finish it. A lot of these started in college: I went to RPI in Troy, New York, which put the Catskills and the Adirondacks within weekend range, and the habit never wore off.

Completed

• Catskill 3500 Club

  Every Catskill peak above 3,500 feet — 35 summits, four of them climbed a second time in winter, as the club requires.

  August 20, 2015

  Member #2455

• Catskill 3500 — Winter

  The full Catskill list again, this time entirely in calendar winter.

  March 20, 2024

  Member #1666

• Adirondack 46ers

  All 46 High Peaks of the Adirondacks.

  June 17, 2015

  Member #8919

• New Hampshire 48

  New Hampshire's 48 four-thousand-footers, deep in the White Mountains.

  August 31, 2022

• New England 4,000-Footers

  All 67 four-thousand-footers across New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

  September 24, 2024

• Northeast 111

  Every four-thousand-footer in the Northeast — New England plus New York, 115 summits on the modern list.

  September 24, 2024

  Member #1331

• Northville–Placid Trail

  Through-hike of the 138-mile trail across the Adirondack wilderness, Northville to Lake Placid.

  July 14, 2020

• Taconic Crest Trail

  37 miles along the ridge of the New York–Massachusetts–Vermont border — in a single day.

  August 27, 2023

• The Long Trail

  End-to-end through-hike of America's oldest long-distance trail: 272 miles along the spine of Vermont.

  September 10, 2024

In progress

• 50 State Highpoints

  27 of 50

  The highest point of every U.S. state.

• Colorado 14ers

  10 of 58

  Colorado's peaks above 14,000 feet.

The long game

Country High Points

The highest point of entire countries — thirteen so far, from volcano rims to a hill in Singapore.

See the list →