Ibiza coastline walk: Figueretas – Santa Eulària

After the scenic, rewarding hike from Cala d’Hort to Cala Bassa the day before, on day 2 I would be … More

Ibiza coastline walk: Cala d’Hort – Cala Bassa

For our first stage on the Ibiza coastline walk, we wanted to combine spectacular scenery with a walk that would … More

I admit it. My expectations about the first leg of our Greece trip were, um, modest. After all, it was … More

In this hiker’s imagery, La Maliciosa (“the malicious one”) is the biggest mountain in our modest sierra. Huge, really. Not … More

The Pyrenees are a mountain chain that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and which acts as … More

This is a story that took place in August 2012, on Vermont’s Long Trail, close to its Northern terminus. It’s … More

Every Spanish town has a bar, no matter how dinky the town may be. Conventional wisdom that my son had … More

Pretty impressive, the guajes, nodded the ruddy Asturian mountaineer on meeting the three of us on the top of Peña … More

You know when you’re in a nice mountain village or coastal town and say, hey, I wish I could own … More

La Pedriza: ode to granite rock, smells of rockrose, mecca of Madrid climbers and hikers and, well…one of the few … More