Thru-Hiking Culture
This Week’s Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail
A new group of eager northbounders are seeing their first white blazes every passing day and they've been blessing our Instagram feeds with the good stuff, so welcome back to...
Thru-Hiking? Consider Volunteering with Adventure Scientists
As outdoorsmen and women, we have a duty to protect the places we play in. Our parks and wilderness areas are sacred to us but we need to remember that...
Why Overpreparing for a Thru-Hike Is Overrated
I’d say we’re all pretty lucky. We’re lucky to be hiking in a time when there are comprehensive and yearly updated guidebooks, water reports, and GPS apps at our fingertips,...
36 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers You Need to Be Following This Year
Each year, dozens of The Trek’s beloved bloggers and vloggers hit the Appalachian Trail and, in addition to their prolific prose, also capture their journeys via Instagram. Follow along to...
Stringbean on “Stringbean”: An Interview with the Appalachian Trail FKT Record Holder
It was mind-boggling. How could an unsupported ultrarunner, carrying a pack and sleeping in a tent, not just break the unsupported record on the Appalachian Trail by eight days, but...
We Need Your Help: Vote for The Trek to Win FedEx’s Small Business Grant!
Help us help you. The Trek wants to better serve the long-distance backpacking community. By voting for us in FedEx's Small Business Grant competition, you can help us accomplish this
To Buzz or Not to Buzz: Benefits to Cutting It All Off (Female Edition)
For almost as long as I knew I wanted to thru-hike the AT I also knew I wanted to buzz my head for the hike. It’s something I had always...
This Week’s Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail
It's been a long and lonely winter. But as inevitably as rain on a day you put on clean socks, February has given way to March and Appalachian Trail thru-hiking...
The Unique Mental Challenges of Thru-Hike Number Two
Browse any other hiking website you can think of, and you are likely to find mountains of advice on how to approach your first thru-hike. This is for good reason;...
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Pacific Crest Trail Hike in 20 Minutes [Video]
It's been a minute (or a few months) since I've shared any Pacific Crest Trail-related updates here. While my remaining blog posts await to be polished due to general procrastination,...
