I am a rootless academic who spends too much time looking at topo maps and calculating ounces instead of reading and writing.

This site was once updated regularly when I lived in Butte, Montana (2015-2019) but it gets a bit less attention these days now that my family has relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts and various obligations have gotten in the way. Still, it is intended as a record of my various hikes and backpacking trips with information, observations, and photos that may or may not be helpful to others. If I have time, I try to add a bit about the names and histories of the places I visit.

—Kris