About Me

*It is now April 2024, and I am officially doing this “National Everything” LifeQuest full time! I sold/gave away almost everything I owned and hit the road. Yay! I am also pursing an international goal of spending time in as many of the Travelers Century Club 330 territories as I legally can (separate blog, www.trishellistcc.com). All this should take me around three decades. Those who prefer IG to blogs can follow me here: @trishellisusa*

It is July 2019, and I am 48 at the start of this decades-long quest. This is a personal journal meant to keep track of of my visits to and hiking within the National Park system, National Wildlife Refuges, National Recreation Trails, National Scenic Trails, and National Natural Landmarks. It is not meant as a guide.

I cannot go full-time on this LifeQuest (as I call this) until at least 2024 due to family obligations. Until then, I will do what I can part-time.

Pre-LifeQuest hiking accomplishments include hiking all the trails within the White Mountain Guide (NH), the NH Grid (576 ascents), TW72 (NH), 52WAV (NH), JMT (CA), C2C (UK), Laugavegur (Iceland), Camino de Santiago (Spain), Lost Coast (CA), Cohos (NH), New England National Scenic Trail, and 46 state highpoints. All of the above, with the exception of the WMG and the New England Trail, were done with my two daughters as they were growing up. My daughters and I are also the co-creators of the Terrifying 25 list (NH), and we maintained the Alpine Garden Trail on Mt. Washington (NH) for five years.

I am the author of UP: A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure (Broadway Books, 2012), a member of SAG/AFTRA and Equity, a Harvard graduate, and a strong believer in both the Wiccan Rede and Wheaton’s Law.