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You Never Get Used to the Quiet Anticipation Before Departure
A fair representation of my thoughts just before another thru-hike, tastefully surrounded by photographs of fungi and holes in trees....
Anatomy of a Hiker: Who Are We Really?
What if all we are is hefty ol' hams and gargantuan gams?
After Katahdin: Getting Ready to Get Back Out There
PCT Bound: Wherein the Hiker Once Again Feels a Need to Answer the Call of the Wild
PCT Gear List: What Has Changed?
New Tent, Same Type, A Better Water Filtering System, and A Bigger, Badder Daggum Knife. Bowie Out.
The AT: A True Journey of the Soul
One of the wisest pieces of advice I can impart to you is this: make the jump. You will not be the same person at the end as you were at the beginning.
Catching Up: Roughly 800 Miles Left
Sometimes these pushes are necessary and it is good to be back with my people.
3 Professional and 3 Personal Things I Plan to Do After Finishing the Trail
The best way to get experience is to go out and do things!
5 Benefits of Thru-Hiking
You learn to carry everything you need on your back and that becomes enough. Happiness is really very simple.
Before Departure: 3 Things I Am Anxious About, 3 Things I Am Excited For
On an undisclosed date which we will simply refer to as "the ever-looming soon", I will be taking my leave...
Preparing for the Trail: Exercises You Can Do to Be Better Suited for Your Thru-Hike
You don't have free-weights, barbells, all of that jazz. You just have you, your pack, and you need to get ready for the longest hike you've ever done.
