by Nancy Ball | Jan 1, 2023 | Courses
Accidents happen. People get hurt, sick, or lost. The temperature drops, the wind picks up, and it starts to rain. Would you know what to do? Many backcountry emergencies are preventable, and even when bad things happen, sometimes the wrong care can make things worse…...
by Nancy Ball | Sep 5, 2022 | Summit Trek & Travel
This is a story about being an “older” woman backpacking that I’ve been mulling over for a while. This spring, three of my backpacking friends and I did a glamping/hiking trip to Charit Creek in Big South Fork Tennessee. We stayed in one of the tiny, one-room rustic...
by Nancy Ball | Aug 29, 2022 | Nature
What’s so special about the Colorado Trail? For starters, it traverses parts of 6 national forests, 6national wilderness areas, 5 river systems, and 8 mountain ranges! At 500 miles in length, it takes atleast a month to hike it end to end; double that if you like to...
by Nancy Ball | Aug 21, 2022 | Trips
I love to travel. I love seeing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures… and I especially love seeing unspoiled mountains, rivers, oceans, forests, jungles, deserts, and every other ecosystem found in our natural world. Seeing the world...
by Nancy Ball | May 24, 2022 | Backpacking
Summit Sisters Founding members hiked the Twin Arches loop in Big South Fork, Tennessee a few weeks ago. The wildflowers were blooming like crazy, the weather was picture perfect, and we were filled to bursting with Tree Aura. “What’s ‘Tree Aura’,” you say? Tree Aura...
