Inside Honey’s Pack: Zero Waste Items & More!
If you haven't been following along on Honey's AT thru-hike, then you need to start now! Honey has been hiking the AT in an attempt to do the whole trail...
Best Backpacking Gear Deals from the REI Anniversary Sale
This is a sponsored post brought to you by REI. The REI Anniversary Sale runs from May 20th to May 30th. Every year, REI celebrates another trip around the sun...
Day 10 – 14 on the Scottish National Trail
Day 10 I get a ride to our meeting point at a pub quickly, so I arrive there pretty early.Gil just arrived a minute before me and he's completely soaked...
Extreme Fire Danger Prompts NM Forest Closures, Including Parts of CDT
The US Forest Service has issued closures of four New Mexico national forests, including sections of the Continental Divide Trail, in response to extreme fire danger. Forest closures went into...
AT Day 85 – The Hardest Day
Mink Brook to Brackett BrookMoonlight Tofu Camp to Evening Cool CampAT miles: 23.3Total miles: 1792.4Elevation change: 7274ft gain, 7073ft loss Even with the most difficult sections of the
Adventures in Dehydrating – Part 2!
Let's see - where did we last leave off? At the end of Part 1 of this story, I was optimistically awaiting a response from a company in the adventure...
Tips, Tricks and Treats on the First 652 Miles of the PCT
Quick Stats: 6 weeks on trail. 8 zero days. Biggest mileage day: 30 miles. Lowest mileage day: about 3 miles. 15.52 average miles per day. 8 trail towns. Highest temp: 97 degrees...
Becoming Home: 2 weeks in a fantasy world
It’s been over 2 weeks since I first pitched my tent in the dirt and dust of Southern California. I’ve become a PCT hiker now for just shy of 200...
What trail or section of a trail is your Kryptonite?
I’ve hiked the 1,079 CDT miles from Southern Idaho/Montana to Canada thru Grizzly country - several hundred miles alone - with grueling elevation gain, tough weather, long distances between towns,
The Ultimate Guide to Resupply and Towns on the Arizona Trail
One of the best and simultaneously worst things about the AZT has to be the preponderance of towns along the way. Some may even hazard to say that there's an...
