Why I’m Hiking Lists
Why Are 3 Septuagenarians Walking the Camino
Why we are Walking Well, we can, because we have stayed active since our 20's. Just because one trek is over don't stop walking. A walk with friends is also...
Tell Me Why
I Can't Believe I'm Doing This My flight out of Denver is delayed, and all I want is to get to the trail and start walking. I've got the plane...
My Goal is to be Goalless
Therapy made me realize something I was headed for the same thing on my thru-hike attempt of the PCT that I've been trying to stray away from. Goals. It's not...
Pre-AT – To Walk is Religion, To Breathe is Worship – Week Zero
The gospel is this: not that a man died so you don't have to, but that God died and bore Hell so you can die every day without ever...
Prepping for an AT Thru Hike
*First, I give you a disclaimer… This is not intended to be a “how-to” blog post but rather, a reflection on what would prompt a person to walk away from...
Why I Am Hiking the Appalachian Trail: Adventure, Solitude, Solace
There is no bad reason to hike to the Appalachian Trail, I believe. Everyone has their reasons and I think a lot of the time it is multiple reasons that...
Why Oh Why Would You Hike the Appalachian Trail?
2024 AT Thru Hiker Purple Lotus prepares for her upcoming journey by examining her 'why'
Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying: Why I’m Hiking the PCT
1994 was a great year for Hollywood: Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, and the movie that should have won best picture - Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank is a film about a man...
Why the Appalachian Trail? Why Now?
Why this? Why now? These two questions are always asked any time someone wants to talk about my upcoming thru hike on the Appalachian Trail. I feel the more appropriate...
AT 2024 Keep Pressing On ..Again
I don't tell my story in detail very often, but today I felt down deep someone needed to read this. 20 years ago I had to bury my daughter. (I...