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How to Volunteer on The Triple Crown Trails This Summer
National Trails Day is right around the corner and you should be making your plans to ensure you're on a trail in some way, shape, or form on June 1st....
Freedom and (a Little) Frustration: Sandal-Wearing Thru-Hikers Explain Themselves
In more than 2,100 miles of hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2016, I never got a single blister on my feet. That was thanks, in part, to the miracle of...
How Britney Spears Gave Me Permission to Hike the CDT
What's it like to quit a successful career at 40 and focus on living your dreams instead of riding the gerbil wheel at an unsatisfying and life-sucking job? Meet Hungry...
Bears, Noro, and Lyme: What to Worry About (or not) on Your Thru-Hike
So, you’re planning to head out on trail for a long walk. Maybe even a thru-hike of one of the Triple Crown trails — the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail,...
Introduction and My Triple Crown Journey
My non-hiker name is Rachael, but please call me Rabbit. I am a long-distance hiker embarking this year on my third thru-hike to complete my triple crown. It seems like...
Trail Correspondents Episode #2: Meet Our Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail Hikers
In the first episode of our new Trail Correspondents series, you met our Appalachian Trail hikers. Now it's time to meet our Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail
Growing up Along the Appalachian Trail
As children, we have no control of where we grow up. Our parents make those decisions and we merely follow along. Although I was born in Northern Virginia, just outside...
Interview with Tom Kennedy: Co-Founder of HIKE For Mental Health
Hiking enthusiasts have long internalized the restorative feeling that comes from a walk or hike along a peaceful trail. Academia is catching up, with more and more studies proving the mental-health
10 Ways Super Glue Can Save Your Hike
Few things can save you in the woods like super glue can. Some of the best reasons to carry super glue on a thru-hike.
Backpacker Radio #169 | Kylie Yang on Ridgerunning on the AT, Working for the CDTC, and Giving Back through Trail Work
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, guest co-host Steven Shattuck aka Twinkle and yours truly are joined by Kylie Yang. Kylie is a Field Programs Manager...