Why I’m Hiking Lists

Quiet Man Hikes the AT: Why

Quiet Man Hikes the AT: Why

“There ain't a single thing we own; We'll take with us when we're gone; So I'll just walk the earth a while.” Same Kind of Crazy as Me, Cody Jinks...

May 19, 2024 : Rick "Quiet Man"
Evolution of a Section Hiker

Evolution of a Section Hiker

“I'm taking a walk. I'm going outside.” Taking A Walk, John Prine The Appalachian Trail is about 2,200 miles and it supposedly takes ~5,000,000 steps to completely hike the Appalachian...

May 12, 2024 : Rick "Quiet Man"
Quiet Man Hikes the AT: Who, What, Where, When

Quiet Man Hikes the AT: Who, What, Where, When

“Rays and beams of incredible dreams. And I am a quiet man.” Quiet Man - John Prine Off-trail, people my age usually identify ourselves by what we do for a...

May 5, 2024 : Rick "Quiet Man"
Pre-AT – To Walk is Religion, To Breathe is Worship – Week Zero

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...

Mar 1, 2024 : George Smith
Pinky and The Brain Take On The Arizona Trail

Pinky and The Brain Take On The Arizona Trail

When we finished the Appalachian Trail I didn't think I had another thru hike in me. Pinky would have turned around and hiked Southbound immediately if it hadn't been getting...

Sep 2, 2023 : Pinky and The Brain
Why Not Fly to Maine? Why Walk the Appalachian Trail?

Why Not Fly to Maine? Why Walk the Appalachian Trail?

It's nearly a controversial thing to walk somewhere, anywhere, where I come from in Kansas. If there isn't parking right in front of the place we wish to frequent, there...

Apr 17, 2023 : Andy Mac
Beyond the Gear: Building My Physical and Mental Resilience for the PCT

Beyond the Gear: Building My Physical and Mental Resilience for the PCT

  What am I doing? Have I made the right decision? Of course I have. But everybody knows those feelings of angst before a trip. There are so many questions...

Apr 16, 2023 : Kyler Borden
Post Pandemic Adventures Bucket List

Post Pandemic Adventures Bucket List

“A Bucket List shouldn’t be about things that will make you happy before you die.  It should be filled with things that will make you happy to die trying.” --...

Feb 24, 2023 : Beth Malchus Stafa
Why Are We Doing This? Why Am I Doing This?

Why Are We Doing This? Why Am I Doing This?

I was almost at the top of a ridge. I picked my way over rocks. The scent of honeysuckle and wildflowers surrounded me, filled my nostrils. Buzz of bees and...

Jun 12, 2022 : Wendy Boller
Why I quit my job to hike for six months

Why I quit my job to hike for six months

A Kid in the Woods I grew up in a small town in Michigan, so our family adventures consisted of summer car-camping trips to the State Park and an annual...

May 4, 2022 : Meredith Horowski