Spring is here. Mickey Spades has been out on his dual sport riding the Puppy Dog Trail, Luke’s been snapping some awesome rock climbing photos, and I’ve even been out on my mountain bike, training for an upcoming bikepacking trip. If you missed any of these pieces the first time, be sure to check them…
Author: Tim Peck
A former child model, Tim spent a portion of his youth gracing the pages of Sunday paper advertisements for many now-defunct department stores. Living responsibility/rent free with his parents into his thirties, Tim pursued climbing, skiing, and biking while accumulating an impressive amount of time in the mountains (and gear). Now almost grown up, he lives in southern New Hampshire with his wife, two Australian Shepherds, and cat. Relentlessly pursuing the dream, Tim's modest life ambitions are to ski all 12 months of the year, to climb 5.12, and to live in a van.
Say It Ain’t So
The skiing is still awesome, but anybody that’s chatted with Tim or Mickey Spades recently knows that their minds have shifted to mountain bike season. Mickey, whose season has already started, is all abuzz about Borderland this and Bay Circuit that. But all that enthusiasm is mild compared to his jonesing about Little River, which…
Puppy Dog Trail North Gear List
With Spring in the air, it was time to dust off the bike panniers, pack some extra layers, and head out for an adventure on the dual sport. So last weekend, my buddy Jim and I set out to ride the Puppy Dog North Trail. It’s a 95-mile route that heads north from Westerly, Rhode…
Granite City Climbing
Climbing season is in full swing in Greater Boston and I’ve been psyched to get out to Quincy Quarries with Luke, Mickey, and the Ski Patrol Guys several times over the last few weeks. Getting back on real rock has been fantastic after a winter in the gym, and Luke’s captured the transition perfectly with…
2019’s Must-Climb Routes
I climbed so many outstanding pitches in 2018. With rock season now upon us, I’ve been thinking a lot about routes that I’d like to climb this year. So without further ado, here’s five new-to-me rock routes in the Northeast that are on my “to-do” list for 2019. Check out the list on The White…
Riding High at Vermont’s Little River
If you’ve never biked Little River in Vermont’s Waterbury State Park, you’re missing out. With 10+ minutes of continuous downhill on amazing machine-built berms and some sick doubles and drops, Little River is on my short list of places to ride in the Northeast. And because every obstacle is marked and usually has a B…
Book Report: Alpine Warriors
I read a lot of mountaineering books, so much so, that it’s rare for me to find a climbing book that I haven’t read in a store. Even when I stumble across a new book, it’s often about a climb or climbers that I have previously read about—which leaves even new-to-me books feeling old. Because…
Book Report: Deep Powder & Steep Rock
I thought I knew a lot about the life of heli-skiing pioneer Hans Gmoser, having first read about him in Topher Donahue’s book Bugaboo Dreams. However, after reading Deep Powder & Steep Rock: The Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser by Chick Scott, I now recognize that I only knew a small part of the picture, as Deep…
Book Report: French Revolutions
Did you love Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods? Where you particularly attracted to the light-hearted way Bryson blended outdoor/adventure writing with travel and history? If so, you have to read Tim Moore’s book French Revolutions. In French Revolutions, Moore sets out to ride the entire route of the Tour de France, albeit in a fashion more…
New Year, New Lesson, Old Trip
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve skinned and skied Mount Tecumseh but if I had to guess I would say over 20 and under 50. Despite my numerous adventures on Mount Tecumseh, I still find myself being educated by the journey to the mountain’s summit and the trip down the ski resort’s slopes,…
The Whites Room 