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Thru-Hiking While Blind: Completing the Appalachian Trail With A Visual Disability

Thru-Hiking While Blind: Completing the Appalachian Trail With A Visual Disability

I’m legally blind and completely color blind. I was born with a genetic visual disability that shaped my world as I grew up, from struggling to learn how to match...

Feb 10, 2025 : Andrew Neylon
A Thru-Hiker Reveals Their Favorite Secret (and Not-So-Secret) Spots on the Appalachian Trail

A Thru-Hiker Reveals Their Favorite Secret (and Not-So-Secret) Spots on the Appalachian Trail

What's a thru-hiker to do when the honeymoon phase starts to wear off and the monotony of the trail begins creeping in? Something that helped ease the mindlessness for me...

Jan 27, 2025 : Sheraya Smith
The Best Shoes For Road Walking: Topo Specter 2 Review

The Best Shoes For Road Walking: Topo Specter 2 Review

Over the last few years of backpacking across the USA and Canada I’ve really managed to dial in my gear. I’ve tested out all sorts of different equipment, looking for...

Jan 11, 2025 : Peg Leg
Calendar Year Triple Crown Gear List

Calendar Year Triple Crown Gear List

In the next few days I will be embarking on my biggest adventure yet! Attempting to complete the “border to border” calendar year triple crown. Walking from key west to...

Dec 30, 2024 : Peg Leg
How Long Does It Take To Hike the Appalachian Trail?

How Long Does It Take To Hike the Appalachian Trail?

Tara Dower recently became the fastest human being ever to complete the Appalachian Trail, running the whole thing in under 41 days. The AT is 2,197 miles long, meaning she...

Dec 4, 2024 : Kelly Floro
The Hitchhikers Guide to Hospitality

The Hitchhikers Guide to Hospitality

We’ve all been there, standing on a degrading asphalt shoulder, thumbs towards the heavens, as yet ANOTHER nearly empty car zooms past without acknowledging our existence. There’s no doubt that

Nov 30, 2024 : Robert Greenier / "Moxie"
12,000 Miles and Counting: Peg Leg’s Backpacking Gear That Survived the Triple Crown and Beyond

12,000 Miles and Counting: Peg Leg’s Backpacking Gear That Survived the Triple Crown and Beyond

When I first got into thru-hiking back in 2017, I was under the impression that once you bought all your gear, you were set for life. Before 2017 I had...

Nov 27, 2024 : Peg Leg
Guide to Hurricane Helene Resources and Needs for Rural Communities

Guide to Hurricane Helene Resources and Needs for Rural Communities

Thanks to Kimberly Fetherston (@kim.outdoors) for helping to build this list of resources. By now we all know that Hurricane Helene wreaked absolute havoc throughout the Southeastern United

Oct 19, 2024 : Maggie Slepian
From Floods to Fire: Climate Change Hurts Trail Communities and Hikers Need To Step Up

From Floods to Fire: Climate Change Hurts Trail Communities and Hikers Need To Step Up

There has been extreme weather on both coasts this season. Whether or not you believe in global warming — you can’t deny it. There were record-setting wildfires on the west...

Oct 4, 2024 : Abby Evans
Want To Help AT Communities Recover From Hurricane Helene? Here’s How

Want To Help AT Communities Recover From Hurricane Helene? Here’s How

Hurricane Helene brought high winds and devastating flooding to much of the southeastern US last week, and Appalachian Trail towns like Hot Springs, North Carolina, Erwin, Tennessee, and Damascus,

Sep 30, 2024 : Kelly Floro