Overview When asked to name my favourite hike, my standard response is: “The one I’m currently hiking.” Hardly original, but safe—and usually true. That being said, the hikes I find…
Alone Against the North Adam Shoalts Penguin Random House Canada, 2015, 296 pages My first impression of Adam Shoalts, author of Alone Against the North, was that he was…
On Trails: An Exploration reminds me of a path that passes through deep, luscious forests only to pop out onto rich open farm fields after somewhat grudgingly following sidewalks within…
I slept alone in a tent on my own little island in the middle of the French River on Thursday night. The thought of there being nothing more than a…
A 2014 Toronto Life article compared Caledon to the Hamptons, that collection of tony mansions on Long Island’s east end. “Like the Hamptons,” the author wrote, “Caledon is not so…
From elegant outhouses to zip lines, frocks to ice cream, and hovels to mansions, a day hike in Mexico plays on all of your senses and then some. Without knowing…
For anyone who has enjoyed some of my stories about hiking in Mexico's Sierra Norte, here are the facts so you could do it yourselves some time. 1.Where to get…
When we organized our Oaxacan hiking trip, we arranged to spend a night living with a Mexican family. At the time, it seemed like a good idea. However, as we…
It turns out our great sleep may have been drug-induced. Quite possibly, the tea we drank before bed was te limon, made by stashing a knot of semi-dried stems that…
When I left off yesterday, we were having a love affair with our cabana in Llano Grande (literally Large Plain). Next test was the hiking itself, and our guide. William…