Gear List
Wonderland Trail Gear Shakedown: New Additions, My Current Top 5, & The Official List
A complete gear list of everything I'm bringing with me on the Wonderland Trail, as well as new gear additions and my current top 5 traditional and untraditional pieces of...
My Gear at the Appalachian Trail Halfway Point
This won’t interest some folks at all, but others love gear more than anything. You know which camp you fall into and what to do. For a complete list, check...
Joy’s CDT Gear List
I am a hiker that if I can't access it while hiking, I probably won't stop and take off my pack to get it. I have had bad chaffing, blisters,...
Preparing for the JMT as a Young Person
Ten year old thru-hiker PJ shares how she’s preparing for a JMT hike and what gear she carries.
Packing for the CDT and other preparations!
Yesterday, my girlfriend Bella and I laid out all of the clothes and gear that we'll be taking with us on the CDT! We'll start the trail in less than...
My Gear & Prep for the PCT
GEAR: Part 1 It's here! The months (maybe even years) of obsessing over gear is over. After reading The Trek blogs, reading Gear Lab reviews, scrolling through people's Instagrams that...
Gear Talk
The gear I’m taking with me and some additional commentary.
You’re Taking ‘That’ Gear With You?
Ah, the delightful and divisive topic of gear. What drives more conversation and debate among keen hikers than what is in your pack? If, like me, you enjoy spending time...
A Dumpster Diver’s Guide to Thru-Hiking Lifestyle
In long distance hiking culture there is this sort of constant onslaught of gear-oriented layouts and I wanted to add my own being a bit different than the voices you'll...
Gear Lists are for Changing
On all of my thruhikes so far, my gear has fluctuated based on things like terrain, hiker box finds, and material failures. Still, I was chuckling at myself this week...