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Camino Day 2: Light Bags and Blending Days
Buen Camino! Today was our first full day in Spain and we've been putting our rusty Spanish to good use! Mary's taken a few classes, and despite one specifically on...
Camino Day 1: Christo?
Bom Camino! First, huge shoutout to Portugal Green Walks. I normally reject anything considered touristy, so which I’d consider hiking with a tour company to be… but for the price...
The White Mountains Is Where Crying Is Required
I wrote this a week behind and with one very tired braincell. The laws of reality, grammar, and human speech are dead to me after walking almost the entirety of...
Back for a New Adventure: The Portuguese Camino!
Hello again The Trek readers and random internet dwellers! To get right into it, this is a surprise to both you and I to be hearing again (so soon) about...
I Wanted to Quit My Thru-Hike, So I Did.
For six months, I planned a thru-hike of the Colorado Trail. I gave up my plan after a week. “I just don’t care,” I complained over the phone to my...
Pinky and The Brain Take On The Arizona Trail
When we finished the Appalachian Trail I didn't think I had another thru hike in me. Pinky would have turned around and hiked Southbound immediately if it hadn't been getting...
SMT Chapter 9: Back to the Mountains!
Day 25: Lucky Coincidences I slept surprisingly well and left my hostel around 8:30 am. Thankfully, I felt much better than yesterday, though not back to 100% power. The hostel...
A Beginner Hikes the CDT: Heading Home
I decided to leave the trail a few weeks earlier than planned. Nothing is wrong, I'm not physically or mentally in any danger or pain, but the right thing for...
I Only Get to do this For a Few More Weeks
This has been difficult for me to write. It's not as easy as just recording my thoughts at the end of the day, looking for my photos, and trying to...
Chapter 15: PCT Week 13: “Viking Vibes”
Chapter 15: Week 13: “Viking Vibes” Days 85-91, 5/29-6/4/2022 Total Trail Miles: 74.40 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 76.00 Cumulative Trail Miles: 1016.90 From: Yosemite Valley to Sonora Pass and