• A New Year’s Day Climbing Party
    Apr 20 2022

    Five friends and New Hampshire PBS videographer Steve Giordani meet up on New Year’s Day to hike to the summit of Mount Moosilauke in Benton, NH. The icy ascent has Willem reaching for some borrowed ice creepers, but will they get him up the trail?

    -January 2012

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    8 mins
  • A Presidential Traverse
    Apr 13 2022

    Join Willem and the Windows to the Wild crew as they traverse the Presidential Range. Staying first in the Lakes of the Clouds Hut, Willem then teeters gingerly from boulder to boulder as he picks his way for an overnight at Madison Hut.

    -September 2010 | Madison Spring Hut, White Mountains, NH

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    8 mins
  • A Long Night and a Long Day on Top of Maine
    Apr 6 2022

    Planning on staying over at Roaring Brook Campground and then hiking up to Chimney Pond, Willem and crew tackle Maine’s highest peak – Mount Katahdin. The crew gets a rough start, but makes it to the top. Now how will Willem make it down? - September 2009 (Millinocket, ME)

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    8 mins
  • Mother Charges up Cardigan Mountain and Disappears
    Mar 30 2022

    While filming on the trail to summit of Mount Cardigan, Willem’s better half decides to push on ahead as not to hold them up. But a wrong turn has Willem searching frantically for a woman hiking in a long blue denim skirt. - October 2008

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    8 mins
  • Hang-Gliding: Once is Enough!
    Mar 23 2022

    Go on a ride of a lifetime – hang-gliding! Join Willem as he tentatively experiences the wonders of gliding on thermals and ridgeline updrafts.

    - September 2008 | North Charlestown, NH

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    7 mins
  • Chipmunks, Kids, and Mountain Tops
    Mar 16 2022

    Willem meets up with his oldest daughter who has decided to come back East and tackle the hills of her childhood.

    - August 2008 | Franconia Ridge, NH

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    8 mins
  • A Nostalgic Trip to an Abandoned Island
    Mar 9 2022

    Join Willem and his wife Ida as they take a walk down memory lane at the Outward Bound facility on Hurricane Island off the coast of Maine.

    - October 2007

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    8 mins
  • Decent into the Maelstrom on a Big Whoopie Cushion
    Mar 2 2022

    You can’t get there from here… well, without a little difficulty. Willem takes to the Rapid River and puts his life in the hands of a seasoned river guide.

    -September 2007

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    8 mins