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Recently I took a backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with two of my friends. The rocky terrain was a lot different from the hiking we had done in our home state of Virginia on the Appalachian Trail. One of the highest… Read More

Tags: nature, mountains, hiking, overcoming-challenges

Short Story / Other

March 14, 2018

Reads: 58

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Review Chain House

The journey may be long, but it's worth it in the end. Read More

Tags: grief, mountain, hiking, letting-go, colorado

Poem / Poetry

December 29, 2017

Reads: 90

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is another poem I was inspired to write about my work at Sky Meadows State Park. It is dedicated to my fellow park rangers I worked with while working there. I hope you enjoy this poem and please let me know what you think! Read More

Tags: nature, christmas, hiking

Poem / Other

August 17, 2017

Reads: 115

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

About a girl that won't admit she is going on a date... Read More

Tags: work, friends, hiking

It’s not wrestling, it’s wrastlin’. There is a difference. Read More

Tags: teenagers, hiking, professional-wrestling

Short Story / Horror

May 08, 2017

Reads: 244

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The House of Ghosts House

"They’ll wrap and tear into your soul until their is nothing left, be prepared little one" - Lily Litchfield :) Read More

Tags: ghosts, hiking, thorns, arizona, chirstmas

Short Story / Thrillers

December 10, 2016

Reads: 208

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

After graduating college, Jane and Robert decide to go on a hike to complete an old tradition. They have an unnecessarily hard time. Read More

Tags: ghost, adventure, bear, hiking, bees

Short Story / Horror

December 05, 2016

Reads: 208

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A wild and wonderful short story that is great for a campfire! Go on an interesting adventure to see if the widow is to blame Read More

Tags: horror, campfire, widow, hiking, campfires

Short Story / Romance

September 29, 2015

Reads: 175

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Another photo based short story for Rosalie. Read More

Tags: romance, short_story, hiking, photo_based_writing

Poem / Poetry

February 19, 2015

Reads: 130

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Memories of backpacking in the Kaas plateau and Sahyadri hills. Read More

Tags: nature, travel, sun, mountains, romanticism, india, hiking, surrealism, camping, satara, maharashtra, sahyadri

Short Story / Humor

August 11, 2014

Reads: 368

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes just walking is the right the thing to do Read More

Tags: humor, man, drinking, car, woman, hiking, hitch, strangers, paul, rides, dabrowski

Book / Gay and Lesbian

July 01, 2014

Reads: 18138

Comments: 188

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

When Nate stole his first kiss from his best friend, Kyle, at fourteen...he never told his friend how deeply in love with him he truly was. Now, eight years later, Kyle is still unaware of Nate's secret desires for him. But when the two friends get stranded in a mountain… Read More

Tags: love, friendship, gay, romance, relationships, winter, cold, desire, snow, mountains, country, unrequited-love, hiking, cabin, glbt

A short memoir of a particularly memorable deer hunt Read More

Tags: family, life, adventure, short_story, memoir, memory, mountain, non-fiction, hunting, true, deer, storm, hiking, deer_hunting

Short Story / Other

March 06, 2014

Reads: 294

Comments: 12

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

That death. They're unlucky. It was written in fate but now, they leave a lot of gloom before them. All the animals of the Arctic used to smile and have fun but now, they weep. Read More

Tags: death, mountain, hiking, blizzard, froze, avalanche

a piece about hiking and nature, showing that sometimes the most enlightening moments are quick to end and, like monkish insight, maybe difficult to share with your friends Read More

Tags: flash_fiction, spirituality, suicide, enlightenment, hiking, cliffs, morgan, benjamin, appalachian_mountains, wisconsin_glacier

Poem / Poetry

November 22, 2013

Reads: 176

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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I recently went on a hike with my two daughters; one of which brought her new boyfriend. It was cold and long but fun and memorable. Read More

Tags: family, father, memories, daughter, moments, hiking

Two senior citizens hike over 1,000 miles in thirteen different countries. Read More

Tags: adventure, travel, list, health, senior, trekking, hiking, bucket, backpacking

Miscellaneous / Other

March 07, 2013

Reads: 231

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man reflects while trapped inside a cave, pinned by a fallen boulder. As he awaits his friends return, he begins to understand that he may die. Read More

Tags: dark, death, faith, lost, alone, trust, hurt, grave, blood, friends, injured, trapped, flame, candle, hiking

Book / Romance

December 15, 2012

Reads: 383

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Annie Seltz was an adventurer, she was a writer, a love bound girl who was looking for the true meaning of life, and nature. Finding love on a moutian top would be something she would write about, something romantic, long, and crisp. Although she had no idea that a thought… Read More

Tags: love, romance, nature, sex, pregnancy, survival, mountain, hiking

Miscellaneous / Other

October 16, 2012

Reads: 114

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I love the fall season more then any other. Take a walk with me, won't you? Let's enjoy it together! Read More

Tags: life, adventure, beauty, seasons, weather, friends, hiking, autum, colored_leaves

I'm not sure what its about. I just started writing while in a weird state of mind yesterday. Looking for companionship i never seem to find i guess. Read More

Tags: love, nature, poetry, life, hiking, camaraderi

Short Story / Children Stories

July 10, 2012

Reads: 593

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

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This is for Pokepal's contest. My first piece on myths and childhood fantasy. I got Leprechaun! Read More

Tags: mystery, adventure, myth, gold, woods, hiking, clover, leprechaun, two_brothers, pokepal_contest

Short Story / Other

January 23, 2012

Reads: 2285

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Sarah and her best friend come up with a crazy idea to get back at a certain boy name Andrew. What's the idea? Let's just say it has unwanted consequences. Read More

Tags: death, humor, mountain, killer, hiking, love_hurts

Iraqi security officers were very helpful, professional and respectful to all mourners. On Monday, at least 28 people were killed and 78 wounded in a wave of bomb attacks in central Iraq against mourners. I Ajmal Mehdi condemns in the strongest terms by volunteering my time in Karbala for help… Read More

Tags: love, wedding, halloween, children, family, humor, trees, language, band, god, nature, environment, ireland, food, military

Book / Literary Fiction

December 13, 2011

Reads: 113

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Two young adults embark on a backpacking trip and meet a man in his seventies, Milton Lewis, whose life experiences have brought him to the same mountain but whose journey will end at the peak. Read More

Tags: nature, adventure, suicide, hiking, backpacking

Short Story / Young Adult

November 18, 2011

Reads: 168

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A very short story I was assigned to write about hiking boots, a fall and a rescue. Read More

Tags: fall, brother, danger, hiking, sissy

Short Story / Flash Fiction

July 18, 2011

Reads: 188

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Two hikers become lost in the woods and stumble upon the unforseen circumstance that will lead them back. Read More

Tags: lost, woods, hiking

Take a day off from TV the Net From any type of media. Read More

Tags: label, media, influence, metal, hiking, swimming, knots, website

This is a sample of my upcoming E serial novel The Boy and The Wolf. A friend is believed to have come back to visit an old buddy, but comes in a different form. There is much to learn from this wolf. Carl, the older brother doesn't want to accept… Read More

Tags: horror, mountains, bond, wolves, hiking, reicarnation

Short Story / Thrillers

August 19, 2010

Reads: 164

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Beth and John have been hiking together for years and today seem like any other but someone or something is also on the trail. Read More

Tags: mountain, john, hiking, lion, beth, peaks, clff

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