Day 43 I got to sit around the motel in Marion lazily for the morning, knowing that my dad wasn’t going to arrive until after noon. Eventually I had to walk across town to the library because of the motel’s 11 am checkout, but that walk ate up more time so I only had to…
Astrophotography can be divided into two camps: terrestrial and deep space. Both can be equally challenging for different reasons. But recent advances in technology have also made both more attainable and enjoyable. Terrestrial astrophotography, as its name suggests, is the practice of photographing the night sky with a foreground anchored on earth. It’s the more…
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Rob Hollow Shelter to 4 Mile CampNoodle Experiment Camp to Final Virginia CampAT miles: 26.2Total miles: 1030Elevation change: 6463ft gain, 6234ft loss During my last full day of hiking in the great state of Virginia, neither the weather nor the trail made it easy. Now, I have no qualms with Virginia, as it seems like…
On April 2, 2015, Tom Turcich, 33, left his home in New Jersey to walk around the world. More than seven years, 26,000 miles, six continents, and one best friend — his dog Savannah — later, he expects to be back home on May 21. Tom Turcich and his dog adopted shelter dog Savannah have…
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The past four months I’ve been staying in many Airbnbs and hotels while traveling through Portugal, Costa Rica, and Panama. What I noticed while looking for accommodations were the often unprofessional photos those places use for their listings. Some were so bad that I directly skipped to the next listing, not even looking at the…
Mark Thompson is a Getty Images photographer with over 25 years of experience covering F1 races, including Red Bull Racing. I spoke with him to gain insight into what it is like to cover this competition. A photographer who is assigned to cover Formula 1 racing must have a true mastery of his craft that…
Moore Run to Rod Hollow ShelterBye Bye Shenandoah Camp to Noodle Experiment CampAT miles: 25.1Total miles: 1003.9Elevation change: 5410ft gain, 5551ft loss Although I haven’t reached the official 1,000-mile marker for the AT, combined with the approach trail from Amocolola, my AT mileage eclipsed the milestone at some point late in the day. I saw…
A week ago, I thought I’d left winter behind me in the Smokies. I’d had my taste of icy wind, and now it would be spring. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Before the storm When I checked the weather in Erwin, I knew a cold snap was coming. The weather said something about snow…
When I started my first thru-hike, I was dying to crank big miles from day one. I’d spent years planning for my hike. So when I got to the trail, the heady emotions of finally doing it were nearly overwhelming. I was rarin’ to go—partly to let off steam, partly to chip away at the…
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Imagine yourself alone on the trail. You’re walking in the high country, well above treeline, with long views over the tops of stony peaks. You hear the crunch of your feet on the gravel path, there’s a jay that’s been following you for the last quarter mile who is energetically telling you about its nut…
