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How to Choose the Best Camera Gear for a Thru-Hike
Hey all! For those of you who don't know me, the name is Koty, AKA Trash Panda. Over the past three years I have spent my time as what you...
All About the Right to Roam and Hiking in Finland
Recently I bought a basic hardtail mountain bike. Part of the reason was that I wanted to regain the ability to simply turn away from the bike lane and onto...
The Best Outdoor Gear Deals of the Week: Week of 4/29
Have you been looking at your feet recently, thinking about how much you'd like a new pair of trail runners? If that's the case, then this week's edition of Gear...
Three Friends, Two Hikes, One Week
Do you know the feeling you get when you spend months planning for an incredible adventure and then suddenly the adventure is only a week away? When life is on...
Steph’s AT Hike Days 14-20: Franklin, NC, to Fontana Dam
Trail journal from Days 14-20 on the AT: Franklin, NC to Fontana Dam
Lessons from Surviving the Bootheel
Lessons I learned surviving the “Bootheel” section of the CDT.
Thru-Hikers: 3 Tips for Newbies (From a Newbie)
Twenty-One Days Today marks three weeks on the Appalachian Trail. Though I’d been told that time on trail differs greatly from time in the real world, I wasn’t truly prepared;...
NOC -> Smokies
I've lost track of the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure if it is the busyness of the trail or what, but I've definitely forgotten that a world exists...
Bly Gap -> Franklin, NC
For the past three days, my friends and I have been stuck at Bly Gap for what seems like an eternity. Each one of us managed to contract norovirus, so...
Forging Bonds Exiting Georgia
Day Four: Henry Gap to Neel Gap They gave me a name! Call me Petra, it means rock. I think the girls gave it to me as something I could...