Walking to the Smoky Mountains, Day 3
Walking to the Smoky Mountain, Day 3, May 31 Wallalah Mountain to Garland Gap 13.8 miles I’m walking this trail with the Guthook app on my phone. Guthook (Atlas Guides) has emerged as the premier navigation app for long-distance trails. All the data is downloaded prior to hiking so the phone can be in airplane […]
In Patagonia Day 6
In Patagonia Day 6 Punta Arenas — Puerto Natales I was thinking today about the couple of pages Hemingway wrote on the craft of writing that were to be part of “Big Two-Hearted River.” As I recall, he wants to write the way Cezanne painted—daubs of paint invoking the scene (apples I think) rather than […]