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Trail-Related Closures, Reopenings Due to COVID-19
(Updated 7 a.m.. MT, May 28) The Trek is committed to providing the latest news on trail-related closures, postponements, and cancellations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. If you know of...
I Tabled My 2020 PCT Thru-Hike Because of Coronavirus
Time flies when you're (not really) having fun. Three days ago I posted the rest of my gear for the PCT. Two days ago I made a plan to send...
Hiking in the Age of Coronavirus: What to Consider
(Updated 2:41 p.m. ET, March 19) On March 11, Barney and Sandy Mann—aka Scout and Frodo—sent an email notifying hikers who had signed up for their hostel and shuttling service...
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Less Than 60 Days
Last April, I decided 2020 was the year I’d hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We had family visiting from Seattle that week and were showing them all Tennessee had...
Introduction to Backpacking: My Fears, Therapy, and Friends
A Change of Plans I originally planned to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2018. I spent most of 2017 planning, prepping, and purchasing gear for the trip. In...
I Saved $8,000 in Four Months for My Thru-Hike
In July 2018, I left my job shortly before relocating to Nashville Tennessee. During the following 14 months, our household learned how to live on a single income. My Advantages ...
Five Trail Resolutions for the New Year
We take to the trails for a simpler life, engaging the rhythms of nature, joining a community of like-minded people. Our days on trail follow the rising and setting of...
Here’s How Trails Have Become Important Boosters for Local Economies
Sustained by more than half a century of vigorous growth, outdoor recreation has become one of the largest economic sectors of the American economy. Hiking, biking, hunting and fishing, water
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).
My Journey from Polo to YOLO
Change #1 It was senior year of high school, Lil Wayne was blaring through the speakers of my Chevy HHR as I drove to my private Christian school. Something was...