Puma

I'm a 24 year old creative, long distance hiker and photographer. In 2016 I thru hiked the AT. In 2017 I completed 1.7k miles on the CDT and the Long Trail in Vermont, making for an epic hiking season. I regularly blog on my personal site and here at the Trek. I write, shoot, and all that good stuff in the off season. April is just around the corner...

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2017 CDT Ultralight Gear List (With Camera)

2017 CDT Ultralight Gear List (With Camera)

2017 CDT Gear List Last year on my AT thru hike, I became aware of quite a few tweaks that I wanted to make to my gear set up. After walking 2189.1

May 16, 2017 : Puma
A Collection of Post-Thru-Hike Thoughts

A Collection of Post-Thru-Hike Thoughts

I've tried to sit down and write this blog post at least five to six times at this point, but for some reason, I've had trouble linking together my

Jan 13, 2017 : Puma
1,000 Miles Later

1,000 Miles Later

Well, it's been awhile guys. It's been almost 1,000 miles since I've updated. Out here on the trail, time does not exist. Time is a measure of miles

Jul 29, 2016 : Puma
How Can It Possibly Get Better?

How Can It Possibly Get Better?

The night before I hiked out of the NOC, I had the pleasure of hanging out with a couple of AT thru hiker alumni, Napolean and Goliath. We enjoyed a

Apr 28, 2016 : Puma
The Days Are Getting Longer

The Days Are Getting Longer

(I wrote this two days ago.) As I am writing this, I'm sitting in my tent after a 15 mile day from Ice Spring Shelter to Jerry Cabin Shelter, a

Apr 15, 2016 : Puma
A Few Steps Closer

A Few Steps Closer

Any thru hiker that started around the 10th-13th or so of March this year knows very well that the weather has been unseasonably warm, and

Apr 1, 2016 : Puma
Only 2119.5 more to go…

Only 2119.5 more to go…

First Update I'm seven days in and I couldn't be more ready to keep hiking. I'm sitting here at Top of Georgia Hostel right outside of Hiawasee,

Mar 19, 2016 : Puma
Reality is setting in…

Reality is setting in…

Right at this very moment, I'm on my way to Georgia. As a lot of you know, and for those of you who don't, I'll be starting my thru hike tomorrow

Mar 12, 2016 : Puma
Anticipation Anxiety

Anticipation Anxiety

  21 DAYS For those of who you who don't know me, which will be most of you, I'd like to introduce myself and I guess where I'm at more or less

Feb 21, 2016 : Puma