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It was the worst – best idea ever!
Last year was spent training every day for this year’s AT adventure. Part of my training was starting every day with a hot cup of coffee and reading the Trek....
Dodging the Virginia Blues and More Than Half Way There
Virginia tends to be a love it or hate it state for many thru-hikers. The daunting number of miles that are ahead, the terrain and the increasing heat and humidity...
Wetfoot & Arry. Vol 6. Days 11&12: Rain and Mountains
Day 11. 9.9 miles. It rained off and on all night. I woke up at 430am, and decided to get a head start on the day. The forecast I have...
This Week’s Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail
Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best Instagram photos of hiker trash and treasures on the Appalachian Trail. Summer is in full swing. That means AT hikers are getting...
Canada to Stevens Pass: Getting Started
I'm off to a solid but wet start.
Goodbye Snow?
For the last three days before South Lake Tahoe, I can't remember how many times I heard "only five more miles of snow." Every time they were very wrong. Now,...
Backpacking the Semi-Pemi 2019
When we were doing our research about the Pemi Loop we knew that it was named the second-hardest day hike in the US, but we didn’t know that it was...
The Great Basin Part 2: Lightning Frightening
Josh, Giggles, and I zeroed in Rawlins so that we could figure out our next steps. The coming section was mostly the remainder of the Great Basin, but before getting...
Verging on Virginia Blues in Vermont
When northbound thru-hikers have hiked hundreds miles north from Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and are still in Virginia, some of them find that they have a case of the...
REI Just Debuted Their Used Gear Program. Here’s How to Save Money and Help the Environment
The following is a Sponsored Post courtesy of REI
