Before my divorce last year I had been quite active with a pair of Scout Troops in San Antonio.  The crossroads of Scouting and backpacking go a long way back for me.  It was Scouts that first introduced me to the sport, and it was in Scouts that I accomplished

I completed the LSHT over Thankgiving week in November of 2021 with one of my dearest friends. Our week was full of long days on trail, silly anecdotes, new experiences, and varying degrees of exhaustion. Recovery aside, ending 8 days on a trail had some unexpected side effects, but I&