Florencia is a retired student, professional gabber, and most importantly, an aspiring 2024 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. While figuring out what it means to embody "hiker trash," Florencia will be regularly writing about her trail experiences on The Trek while also posting photos from her hike on Instagram @florenciahikes
Posts
Welcome to Georgia, Here’s Your Norovirus: Week One
I'm discovering you're never going to know the main theme of a trail blog till you make it through a whole week. Will it be the nerves of starting
Channeling My Inner Uncle Fester
Spoiler Alert: I buzzed my hair. My Contentious Relationship (with my hair) In the past five years, I came to the realization that I wanted to
My First Backpacking Trip!
Girl who is planning a six-month backpacking expedition goes on her first overnighter one month before she's scheduled to leave!
How To Tell Your Immigrant Parents You’re Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Top tips for explaining to your parents that they immigrated to the U.S. just for you to go live out of a backpack for six months instead of getting a job!
Here’s to Hoping You’ll Fall in Love with Me
My name is Florencia Loncán. I am 23 years old, I'm a Scorpio (some people find this really important), and I'm thru hiking the Appalachian Trail.