I bow to NorCal
NorCal: respect. The stretch from Seiad to Etna SOBO was rough for me. Maybe it was because I didn’t have my “trail legs” yet? Maybe it was because my foot...
Days 138-145 New York, New York
I have mixed feelings about our time in New York. It started out really hard for us. The rock scrambles kicked our butts. It was so hot and so dry....
Sunrises and Raindrops
Rolling through Vermont, we definitely have our trail legs now!
From Moose to Moosilauke
I enjoyed climbing the north and south peaks of Moose Mountain. What a great name for a mountain!
24 Moments from the Presidentials: SOBO Days 36 – 41
When I began planning my Appalachian Trail thru-hike, I roughly identified which months I'd be in which states. Hey, I'm a planner at heart. At this time, I realized that...
Fishbowls and Forest Fires: Reflections from Around Mile 500
These colonizer ideals of conquest and calling Mt. Washington a, “beast,” are awfully played out. The metaphors are too easy to grasp. So I implore hikers to consider that this...
10 Things That Have Surprised Me About the Appalachian Trail
We're over 1600 miles into our thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Despite all of my pre-trail research, this journey keeps finding ways to surprise us. Here are the top 10...
Stucked in Vortex in Oregon
Day 37: 0 miles - Hood River We had a zero day doing grocery shopping sending two resupply packages and doing laundry as well as eating and drinking with the...
Feeling the Burn: PCT Days 80-83
Day 80. Miles: 14.3 Total: 1277.8 Quincy is a hiker-friendly town. In the morning, I pick up my package at the post office (this time, REI actually sent me a...
Tom Boerman Aims to Cross All 7 Continents on Foot (Yes, Including Antarctica)
"I don't want to be a prisoner of my own goals." Meet Tom Boerman, the Dutchman walking across every continent—including Antarctica. Once suicidal, depressed, and battling addiction, he decided to