In late July of last year, I flew out to Colorado with my girlfriend and 2 of our friends to backpack 30 miles in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. It was my first trip out west since early 2019, and only my second time backpacking outside of the east coast. This trip marked the highest elevation at which I’ve ever hiked. It packed 7800 ft of elevation gain over 3 days. And, despite some rain, it was gorgeous.
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One of my goals in 2021 was to walk 2000 miles. Why did I do this? What did I get out of this? Was I successful? Was it worth it? Stay tuned!
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Way back in June of 2020 my friends and I backpacked the Catskill Escarpment Trail in New York. It was what we in the business like to call an “overnighter”, which means we spent just one night on the trail. It was roughly 23 miles, most of which we’d be completing on the first day due to our varying schedules.
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So I just wrote this guide up to help someone online and I figured I might as well post it here in case it helps someone in the future! Windows 11 will have some specific requirements to install that Windows 10 did not, including requiring Secure Boot. Most PCs made after 2013 have this as a standard thing, but it may not be enabled for you. Here’s how you can check and how you can make sure your PC is ready for Windows 11, which comes out in October of 2021.
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Back in April, a group of us decided to backpack 20 miles along the Appalachian Trail just over the NJ-NY border in Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks. This is a decent portion of the AT through NY, starting near Route 87 and going all the way to the Hudson River. Here is the full trip report.
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As you already know, when a pandemic happens, you get a lot of free time. You can only bake so much bread. For me, “so much” was zero. I baked zero bread. Instead, I went through some of my backlog of video games! Here are my favorites that I played in 2020, in no particular order:
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As time goes on, cutting the cord and canceling your cable TV subscription gets easier and easier. Nowadays there are tons of free options available to you to watch content. I’ve listed a bunch below.
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In the start of February, Steam held its annual Game Festival which featured demos of upcoming indie games. I tried a bunch and I’m here to tell you what’s good! Note – the Game Fest is over but a lot of demos are still available.
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Unlike the last time I did this, most of these shows I’m about to list did air during the last year.
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Did 2020 even have movies? It did! And not just in the first 3 months of the year. That being said, there weren’t a ton to choose from. Without further ado, my top 10 movies of 2020…
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