Dodging Monkeys and Discovering Temples: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Over two million people visit the famed "lost city" of Angkor in Cambodia each year. I took the road less traveled to explore it.…
The Ghost Camps of Katahdin
A look at the forgotten logging camps of Maine's deep woods. First published in History Magazine, Dec. 2019.…
A Fall on Big Moose Mountain
In which I recount the daring story of a man making a really dumb hiking mistake. First published in Appalachia, Winter/Spring 2019.…
I Interviewed Gilbert Gottfried (and it Went About How You'd Expect)
Even if you don’t know the name Gilbert Gottfried, you almost certainly know the voice: a shrill, grating thing delivered with annoyance, attitude, and a general disregard for the appropriate. You probably recognize it as the voice of the Aflac duck and as Iago the parrot in Disney’s…
Climb Every Mountain: the Moosehead Pinnacle Pursuit
Published in Backpacker, November 2018.…
Deep in the Maine Woods, Tim Smith Teaches Others How to Live.
THE ROAD TWISTS and winds through the north Maine woods in something akin to white-knuckle chaos. It started snowing hard back in Patten. The roads are maintained here, but increasingly less so the deeper I get into "The County." They’re slick and rough, rutted, covered in mealy brown slush.…
A View of Your Own: Traversing the Wantatisquet-Monadnock Trail
Published in Backpacker, October 2018.…
Going for the Win
Published in Sailing, January/February 2018.…
I Ran the 2017 Millinocket Marathon (and Survived).
Somewhere around mile eight, an angel appeared. She was manning a water station and appeared to be holding a sign. As my tired legs brought me closer, I saw she was also handing out candy bars. The sign came into full focus: “WORST PARADE EVER,” it read. I downed the…
Adventure is out there.
This first appeared as the Editor's Note in Maine Outdoors & Adventure, Fall/Winter 2017. I think it sums up my attitude toward the concept of "adventure" nicely. Since I've had a few people ask about it, it is reprinted here in its unedited form. It’s easy to get…