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The Trail Provides: How the Colorado Trail Healed My Post-Trail Depression
Thirty-seven days of hiking in Colorado rewired my brain. It broke everything I owned, but put me back together. Handies Peak from American
The Evolution of My Gear Over 4000+ Miles on Three Continents
One of my favorite aspects of backpacking is that you really can get outside with very little. You can start with cheap options and get more and more
How I Prepared to Link Up the CDT + GDT: 3,700 Miles on the Divide
It seems there are many who have toyed with this idea, but ultimately given it up. Constraints with seasonal timing make a northbound attempt the most reasonable direction, but coordinating day-by-day campsite reservations on the GDT after 3000 miles of uncertainty and alternate options on the CDT is a logistical nightmare, and hikers will surely have to contend with a snowy Colorado.
Post-Trail Depression: Breaking Up with the Pacific Crest Trail
On a thru hike, you experience a different reality. Returning is a breakup with that reality. I wouldn’t be the first person to say that ending a
Nine Stitches, One Helicopter Evacuation (An Origin Story)
It was May 2023, in the desert section of the PCT in a historic year for snowfall in California. In the beginning, when I introduced my trail name
A Timeline: Leaving a Corporate Career to Pursue a Life Outdoors
Here’s the thing: I don’t want to tell you about hiking. Writing about hiking itself is boring. The PCT being my first thru hike, I did try