In my first article for National Geographic, I wrote about hiking the Northville-Placid Trail and why backpackers should go on woods walks to take pressure off of overcrowded summit trails—and to find the solitude and space we seek when we head out into the wilderness.
It was a real joy to wax poetic about our hike, and to interview others about what mak…
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