Traveling West: New Jersey to New Mexico
One Trail, Three Termini The Continental Divide Trail (CDT) has three southern termini: Crazy Cook Monument, Antelope Wells, NM, and Columbus, NM. Charlie and I chose the Crazy Cook Monument....
Pox & Puss Episode #58 – The Hiking Viking and Brad from BradsWalk.com
In this episode, we talk with two Marines who are hiking the Appalachian Trail this year: - Our friend Brad from BradsWalk.com who will be starting his Southbound thru-hike later...
Seven Months Later
We’re getting dropped off on the Mexico border in the desert hoping against hope that our compass skills are adequate that our maps are accurate that we’ll survive the heat...
Pox & Puss Episode #57 – Everything’s Coming Up Milhouse
We're back! What happens when your thru-hike is going great....but then everything goes wrong? Pox gets into a car accident....kind of. Puss has some ideas about snow...and sings about it....
X-Files, Ziggy Stardust, and How I am Terrified to Hike the Continental Divide Trail
I. I got sick last week. It was a close call, but this isn't the first time I've escaped death. Being sick is the absolute worst, but it is the...
Should You Treat Water in the Backcountry? What Science Says.
The internet is a vast source of information, good and bad. It's easy to find information “proving” just about anything. I have been studying this topic for several years. This...
I am a Graceful Athlete, or Why I am Hiking the Continental Divide Trail
Hello humans of the hiking and non-hiking world! I am the humanoid known as Katie, Wilderness, KB, or whatever else you want to call me. "Hey you!" always works. This...
Pox & Puss Episode #56 – Anish & Carrot Quinn
After weeks filled with a hurricane, a death in the family, a totaled car, and much much more....we're finally BACK! We're making up for our absence by talking with two...
Pox & Puss Episode #52 – Jessica Watkins and Trail Kismet
Happy 4th of July, folks! Our guest, Jessica Watkins, is a NYC comedian who walked across the United States last year. Puss recounts her recent trip on the Appalachian Trail....
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3 Tips for Thru-Hiking the CDT From The Real Hiking Viking [Video]
What do you get when you mix a Norse, uncivilized barbarian with an accomplished long-distance backpacker (plus a dash of authenticity)? Fifteen gold stars if you guessed "A Real Hiking
