Winter is (also) here

After a beautiful day of climbing several thousand feet up to and past Lake Placid, we spent a day off considering hiking up a mountain, noping out after a mile, and literally standing in the sun all afternoon basking in the gloriousness of doing nothing but trying to stay warm. Consecutive nights in the 30s aren't what I signed up for, but that's how mountains do, and I'm just happy to be here (and by "here" I mean "right next to the fire").Read more