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Umbrella on a Thru-Hike–Luxury, Necessity or Just Cray-Cray?
I'm talking myself into this! On a recent training hike, I pondered the idea of carrying an umbrella. I’m not an umbrella person (I think they're
Friday Five: Five Awesome Ways to Support a Thru-Hiker
How are you training your home team? I put a question to members of a thru-hiker support group I'm in and asked this of the former thru-hikers and
Making Peace with the Damn Bear Bag–the Gift of Solo Hiking
Erring towards the woo Full disclosure, I’m from Asheville. I’m a 53 year old woman. I’ve got transformational coaching and yoga, essential
Wild & White Blazing…An Online Course for Lady Thru-Hikers
Going All in with the Learning When I decide to do something, like hike the AT, I go (mostly) all in with the research. I’m a Learner, so books and
What’s in My Pack: Ruby Throat’s Gear List for 2017
Backpack with Benefits Twenty years ago, I moved to the mountains and bought my first “real” backpack, an Osprey ISIS with a built-in chair. A
I’m Doing This. Here’s Why. (Screw Baby Steps.)
Turning in My Homework I'm a good student. A bad planner, but a good student. Appalachian Trials was the second book I read about thru-hiking in
Essential Oils on the Trail…For the Love of the Knees
Hiker hobble is a thing, y’all. At the end of an eight-day section hike in the White Mountains last summer, my knees quit bending. If I had to
Five (Final) Reasons to Flip-Flop your Thru-Hike
Once you go unconventional, you never go back. It's been encouraging to hear from so many flip-flopping thru hikers since I started posting my own
Friday Five: 5 Things to Do 3 Months Before Starting
Getting over my Planning Fatigue I went into a bit of a slump over the holidays as far as planning and researching my hike goes. Call it Gear
A 4-Pronged Plan for Getting Myself (and My Sofa) Back in Shape before My Thru Hike
I’m 15 weeks out from stepping on the trail and getting serious about my training plan. I’d been strapping on my pack and taking training hikes in