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Excerpt from “Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail”
It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future.
This PCT Poem Perfectly Captures the Thru-Hiking Experience
The poem below is a guest submission by Noah "Juice Boxx" Bernays. Bernays wrote it during his PCT thru-hike in 2022, and it still evokes powerful
Dietary Restrictions on the AT: “I Lost 26 Pounds in 20 Days, and My Body Just Couldn’t Cope”
This is a guest post by Nikki "Forager" Goodrich. I attempted to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) in March 2023, but unfortunately, I had to
How I Lost 200 Pounds and Discovered My Purpose by Hiking Every Day
This is a guest post by Zach Cross. Follow Zach on Instagram and Youtube. If you asked me to point to a single thing in my life that has
Join the 25th Annual Hike for the Homeless
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, from 7:30-11am, St. Joseph the Worker (SJW) will host its 25th annual Hike for the Homeless fundraiser at McDowell
Want to Work on the Appalachian Trail? Here Are 4 Amazing AT Job Opportunities
If you’ve spent any time hiking on the Appalachian Trail (A.T.), you’ve likely seen crews performing Trail maintenance or encountered a ridgerunner
The Best Job on the Appalachian Trail: What It’s Really Like To Be an AT Ridgerunner
This is a guest post by Jim "Sisu" Fetig. The synonym for an Appalachian Trail ridgerunner is “janitor.” They pick up a lot of trash. Yet being a
6 Reasons a Flip-Flop Thru-Hike of the Appalachian Trail Is the Right Way To Go
This is a guest post by Richard “Crossword” Guenther. Let me start with a little background. I retired in February 2020 with the intention of
Professor Hardcore’s 28-Year Appalachian Trail Section Hike
My AT section hike began in 1975 with an impulsive and poorly planned climb up Katahdin on the Hunt Trail with my two younger brothers and my
A Cautionary Tale of Statins, Thru-Hiking, and Rhabdomyolysis
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