Why I’m Hiking Lists
Why I’m Hiking the Great Divide Trail (GDT) during COVID-19
So I guess I'm hiking the Great Divide Trail (GDT) this year. Like many others, I had bigger, more ambitious plans before COVID-19 dropped by unannounced for what has been...
Why Am I Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail?
Why am I voluntarily deciding to live a transient life on the trail for 2,650 -ish miles and nearly 5 months? Deciding to leave the safety and security of a...
The Countdown to Springer: Four Weeks Out
Hello fellow and future AT hikers! This is my first post for The Trek, and I’ll be honest—it’s taken me a few months to write this. I’ve re-written this post...
PCT Prep: Why am I Doing This??!?
The Pacific Crest Trail. Many know it as "that thing that one girl did in the book and the movie". Yes Cheryl Strayed is one person out of hundreds of...
CDT Concerns and Conundrums
I find myself checking the Countdown app on my phone more and more these days. The start date for my CDT thru hike attempt draws near: 73 days… 69 days…...
Four Reasons Why I Will Thru-Hike the A.T. at Forty
Introduction As a LASHER, or long ass section hiker of the A.T, I enjoyed the amazing opportunity of hiking from Bear Mountain, NY to Grant’s Pass in Maine during the...
You’re gonna do what?
So why thru-hike the AT (or any long trail for that matter)? In this post, I'll share the reasons I am attempting a 2021 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. I'm...
Tragedy and A Renewed Sense of Why
This loss has given me a new mission. A new purpose, if you will, to hiking the Appalachian Trail. Now I'm hiking for Raz.
Why am I putting my life on hold to hike the AT in 2021?
While I was researching the various books on the AT, one stood out to me. "Appalachian Trials" by our very own Zach Davis. What makes this book stand out from...
Why I am hiking the Appalachian Trail
Why I am hiking the Appalachian Trail A Bozo (me) who got stuck near a waterfall in Washington State A cliché introduction post to start a thru hiking blog, but...