Back and Better Than Ever....

Well, a lot has gone down between now and my last post in September. For starters, I had my first backpacking experience in NY with a trip to the Catskills and the Adirondack Mountains. My guide and college buddy Adam Moorad led me to the summit of Mt. Marcy (NY's highest peak) and the summit of Slide Mountain (the highest peak in the Catskill's range). Here is a picture of the Marcy summit....



There was quite a bit of rainfall the night before we hit the Slide Mountain trail and we had to take on this precarious water crossing...