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Backpacker Radio #159 | Shayla “Kiddo” Paradeis on Hiking Without a Smartphone and Healing from Trauma
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Shayla "Kiddo" Paradeis. Shayla is a very accomplished backpacker, with the triple crown just scratching the...
AT Day 22 – The Climb Parade
Nolichucky River to almost Hughes GapCloud All Day Camp to Fleeting Moonlight CampAT miles: 27.3Total miles: 381.6Elevation change: 7630ft gain, 5290ft loss As the trail brought me way up
Pox & Puss Episode #69 – Trail Days 2016 with Asiago and the 2013 Parade
Here it is…the final chapter in our 2016 Trail Days Interviews series. This time we have a quick discussion with Asiago about just how difficult it can be to get...
Happy Birthday Papa Bear!
Day 23 Winding Stair Gap to Wine Spring Camp 8.2 Miles. AT mile 117.8 Card of the day - 6 cups Happy birthday papa bear! (It’s my dad’s birthday) Today...
On Collective Effervescence and Pooping in the Woods
I’ve been hesitant to tell people that I’ll be hiking the Appalachian Trail. Maybe I feel that, at 29, I should have it all together and this announcement signals that...
The Last Section Part 7: Into the 100 Mile Wilderness
Part 7 of a 188 mile Appalachian Trail section hike in Maine in September, 2023. This post is about day 10, my first day of the 100 Mile Wilderness!
Damascus, VA and Biking the Creeper Trail
Day 129 Yesterday was a great day. Despite getting turned around and hiking the long direction, the ponies, views, and my campsite all made up for it. And now, today...
Backpacker Radio #229 | Ruth Morley on Section Hiking vs. Thru-Hiking at Age 70 and Eating Plant-Based
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Ruth Morley. Ruth, in addition to being a Trek Blogger, is an avid backpacker, having trekked...
Day 163: Summit Day
We got our best view of Katahdin from the Abol Bridge. The peak wore a lenticular cloud like a jaunty French beret, white but pulled down low over one side...
Day 160: Another Day in Paradise
Instead, the trail led me beside still waters, winding along lakeshores rimmed with orange, yellow, red, and green trees, blanketed by slowly drifting mists, and beneath blue skies. The placid...