Inspiration
What It’s Like for 2020 Thru-Hikers Canceling Their Plans Because of COVID-19
Within the past week, every community, industry, age range, and recreation subset has been flipped upside down. Everything from dinner reservations to planning for the entirety of 2020 has gone...
13 Thru-Hiking Films to Keep You Sane While Quarantining During the Coronavirus Outbreak
You're doing the socially responsible thing, but you're going crazy. Hopping between the couch and bed might be nice for an afternoon or one lazy weekend, but after a few...
The Trek’s PCT Bloggers You Should Be Following on Instagram
Each new thru-hiking season, The Trek enlists a squad of hiker trash to share their stories with us as they crush trail miles between Mexico and Canada. We have selected...
When Hiking a Long-Distance Trail Is the Road to Recovery
While serving in Iraq in the early 2000s, Will Robinson was rummaging through a box of books when he found an unlikely distraction: A guide to hiking the Pacific Crest...
Wisdom from 2019 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers (Pt. I)
We're interviewing two PCT thru-hikers who talked to us about packing out boxes of wine, high snow years, and shamanic demon urine rituals (yep).
Congrats to These 2019 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: August 1 – 28
Congratulations to all of the incredible 2019 finishers out there! Whether it is your first thru, or you've added another notch to your long-distance-backpacking belt, your accomplishment deserves to
Pacific Crest Trail Section Profile: Northern California
The Sierra have sloped away as hikers head into Northern California and enter the next mountain range on the PCT: the Cascades. Unlike the sharp granite peaks of the Sierra...
Meet the Thru-Hiking Artists Inspired by the Appalachian Trail
Rebecca “V-Dub” Harnish One spring day in 2018, Tina Tempest, owner of the Quarter Way Inn hostel near Ceres, VA, noticed one of her guests sitting at the table creating...
Wisdom from 2018 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers (Pt. II)
To those of you who have been following along since the first Wisdom from the (Recent) Past post, welcome back! To those of you just jumping in, welcome (check out...
Wisdom from 2018 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers (Pt. I)
Before you head on the trail this year, tune in for some wisdom from the class of 2018!