“Find that comfort zone, take a step out of it and do that, because that’s how you continue your own personal growth. That’s how you continue finding who you are. There are so many things out there in life to experience. Expose yourself to all of it because how are you supposed to know what […]
“If you want to do something, it is so corny, but the time is now. When else are you going to have the time to do it? You just don’t know. So I think that if you make a plan and you want to do it, you just gotta get after it.” – Elissa Madonia […]
“Morale was the lowest once we finished the steeper side of the front side coming down Colden. We hit the pretty much flat portion and had five miles left at that trail junction. I sat down for a second and I got rid of one of my layers and Ryan’s like ‘we should probably take […]
Even the short lil hikes in the Adirondacks provide HUGE views. I tagged along for yet another Adirondack weekend June 8th-10th, this time with friends Ali and Dave. With this being their first time to the high peak region to hike, a shorter hike with killer views seemed like the way to go. Mt. Van […]
A solo hike? By myself? All alone in the familiar, yet wild Adirondacks? Like…drive up to the Adirondacks and hike by myself? A few months prior to June of 2017 I would have surely found another activity to do locally on a weekend where I couldn’t find hiking mates. But after living in Albany, New York […]
Mountain Crew, **Head over to the gallery to see photos from the winter hike! Brace yourselves for the first Adirondack adventure post on To Summit Up! I had been itching to get back to hike in the Adirondacks, as my previous hike in one of my favorite regions dates back to October. The past few […]