Backpacking food
The Hiker Box Diaries: Episode 2
HIKER BOX DIARIES: Episode 2 (Julian to Big Bear) The PCT is a great time. The people are nice, the terrain is mostly agreeable and the weather is mostly sunny....
Going Stoveless 101
*I titled this blog as a "101", but I am by no means an expert on this topic. This will be my first attempt at a thru hike so I...
Ramen, 40’s, and “That Love”
The first half of the A.T. was a new experience for me. It was my first long distance hike and I was NOT used to packing lightweight nutritious food. I...
The Quest for Peanut-free GORP and Budget Drop Boxes
Mail drops have have been the second most difficult aspect of planning for my thru hike attempt after gear. .. Enter my quest to craft drop boxes so I can...
How To NOT Get Lost in the Woods
T- minus: 92 days It was a bright and sunny summer day. My boyfriend and I had decided to drive two hours up to one of the many beautiful Pennsylvania...
A Backpacker Travels on his Stomach
Since my wife gave her blessing, I've spent a lot of time trolling the aisles of my grocery store trying to identify foods that readily translate to the trail. Breakfast,...
Gear Review: Vargo Titanium BOT
Vargo has created quite a name for themselves in the hiking and specifically ultra light community. For good reason. This product being one of them. Named the Titanium BOT because it's half...
A Heart of Gold & A Gypsy Soul
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off...
Trail Food: Epic Bar
My order: Epic Bites Sample 4 Pack & Epic Bar Sample Pack - 9 flavors Like it or not, we are at the top of the food chain. We are...
Trail Food: Exo Protein Cricket Flour Bars
It came as no surprise when I did a quick Google search of what "Jungle Bacon" really is. This is the strangest thing Co-CEO Gabi Lewis of Exo Protein has...