Why I’m Hiking Lists
Suffer Better and a Long Trail Thru-Hike
The woods have saved me many times over, and this time is no different. This last year has been the most turbulent, hopeful, crushing, heartbreaking, painful, and humbling experience of...
Canceling My Thru-Hike: A Crushing, but Correct Decision
Two days ago, I made the tough decision to cancel my northbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Today, I finalized that decision by canceling my car rental to Georgia and...
Why I’m Backpacking the John Muir Trail: 5 Antidotes to Quitting
Why do you do the things you do? What motivates you? What do you value? I---like most people---have floated randomly through life for many years without asking these simple questions....
The Mountains Are Calling My Name
Upcoming april I'm going on a 2650-miles stroll, from Mexico to Canada. In my first blog I will tell you about myself and why I am attempting this insane hike,...
Do We Always Need a Reason to Hike?
A recurring question that friends, family and pretty much everyone who hears about my hiking adventures (past and future) ask me, is why.
Hiking for More Than Just Ourselves
Fragile "I'm not hopeful." Those were the words that rang through my head as I stood in the emergency room with some of my dearest friends from college. I was...
Uncomfortably Comfortable: Why I’m Hiking the PCT
Have you ever felt uncomfortably comfortable? Discontent with your good life... for some reason? Here's what I'm gonna do about it.
The Great Escape from Monotony; Why I’m Walking to Maine
Why Am I Hiking? Such a simple question to ask for an unavoidably complex answer. But first, let me introduce myself. I'm Wesley. I was born, raised, and have spent...
Pre-Trail Depression: A Victim of the New PCT Permitting System
Every morning begins with a sudden shock; a quick snap to a nonstop rapid fire cycle of thoughts surrounding the actualization of my longtime dream of thru-hiking of the Pacific...
Reason for the Season (of Hiking), or Why I’m Hiking the Colorado Trail
My reasons for choosing to hike the Colorado Trail in 2020.