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Days 42 to 49 of my 2023 AT Nobo Thru-Hike
As a foreword, I wrote all of these journal entries at the time they took place on trail, but I fell behind on keeping up with the blog. The date...
A New Hampshire Search and Rescue
Imagine hiking through some of the craziest weather in history in the New England States with record-breaking rainfalls and flooding on the Appalachian Trail. Then, meeting new faces along the...
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...
A Beginner Hikes the CDT July 23-31 Day 83-91
Day 83 July 23rd Even Easier I had a ten-mile jaunt into the trailhead where supposedly there was enough traffic every day to get an easy hitch into Pinedale. It...
Five Nature-Inspired Yoga Poses for Hikers
Is it an accident that so many Yoga poses are named for plants, trees, animals, and features of landscape? I don't think so. Try out these 5 nature-inspired Yoga poses,...
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
Day 64-68 July 4th-8th Rocky Mountain National Park to Steamboat Springs
Day 64 July 4th The 4th of July The trail through Rocky Mountain National Park wasn't special. I'd call it below average. So much to the park it's been damaged...
Day 61-63 June 30-July 3rd
Day 61 June 30th I somehow got caught in the snow storm the Friday before the 4th of July. It was quite the day. I woke up at the Super...
Chapter 14: PCT Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth”
Chapter 14: Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth” Days 78-84: 5/22-5/28/22 Total Trail Miles: 60.30 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 75.67 Cumulative Trail Miles: 942.50 From: Silver Pass to Yosemite
5 Things I Learned In My First 300 Miles of Backpacking
You Live and You Learn No matter the amount of researching, and planning a newbie backpacker does before a trip, nothing will prepare them better than being on trail. Like...