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How to Hike Long Distance with Long Hair
Planning to thru-hike and wondering what to do about your long hair? You could cut it all off. Maybe give yourself a mohawk and then shear it all off or maybe a spiky pixie cut is more your style. Or you could leave it long. Here's how.
How to Score Cheap and Discounted Food for Your Thru-Hike
Discount grocery stores stock their shelves with colorful packages of processed goods ranging from fruit snacks, protein bars, cookies, crackers, pop tarts, whole fat dried milk, cereal, chips, candy, tuna packets, trail mix, mashed potatoes, noodles in pouches. Any of that sound familiar? And all of that priced at roughly half off what you would pay at the grocery store.
Losing My Hiker Superpowers
It saddens me to lose my thru-hiker super powers--they were fun and they made thru-hiking possible. They were with me so long I forgot a person could look at an ice cream sundae and doubt their ability to eat the whole thing--and forget about going back for seconds.
Seven Questions I Ask Myself Before Day Hiking With Friends
Picture this: a day hike in early spring with temps in the mid 70’s and plenty of sun. The group is comprised mostly of city kids turned suburb dwelling young professionals. Hiking is a novelty for most. I am proud of my thru-hiker status but I don’t want to look like a “Serious Hiker” which leads to questions that make me feel like I’m trying to figure out what to wear for the first day of high school.