Why I’m Hiking Lists
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.” --...
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...
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...