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Backpacker Radio #44 | Renee “She-ra” Patrick on Her Triple Crown, Establishing the Oregon Desert Trail, and Her Potent Bearomones
Renee Patrick, known on trail as She-ra is a triple crowner, designer, and all-around Renaissance Woman. In addition to hiking pretty much every trail in the United States and some...
How Three Petite Women Dealt with the 2017 PCT High Snow Year
Despite the prevalence of the HYOH mantra, there is still a lot of pressure on-trail to do a "true thru." Being short means that you have different concerns when thru-hiking...
AT Part Nine: Above the Clouds
Mt. Greylock, MA, to Mt. Success, NH Distance: 320.2 mi Total Distance: 1,908.3 mi I can’t remember the last time I uttered the word “mountain.” At some point during my...
Giving Back = Great Trail Karma
Part of my AT journey was first announcing my goal to family and friends. I used social media to do this. A friend of mine, told me a fellow retired...
Garden State’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Gear List
It took me three months and 25 days to hike the AT. I'll show you all the gear I started with, and what I summited with. Key items are linked...
This Week’s Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail
Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best Instagram photos of hiker trash and treasures on the Appalachian Trail. August is almost here, which means thru hikers are feeling their...
Tackling the Whites… Solo!
As I wrote about in my last post, I'd injured myself and have been required to take some recovery time, but I made it most of the way through the...
Trekking to Kyrgyzstan’s Ala-Kol Pass, Day 3
The alarm goes off at 5:30, but, oddly for camping in Kyrgyzstan, we do not need it for two reasons: first, due to the angle of the valley we are...
Trail Correspondents Episode #14 | The Social Dynamics of a Thru-Hike (Group 1)
There are many fascinating components to the thru-hiking lifestyle, none more so than the social dynamics. Today our hikers give us a glimpse into the ways in which hikers group...
Going Solo Pt. 1
I've been hiking in one group or another since the second day of this journey. This is not a complaint, as I was worried I'd be alone for the whole...