Continental Divide 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...
Excited to Leave, Sad to Go
In just a month, Nick and I will be leaving Mammoth Lakes to travel back to Virginia before starting the Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico on April 30. This...
Which One is That?..
...Is the most common question I get when I tell people I’ll be hiking the CDT this summer. Short answer; it’s the one in the middle. Slightly longer answer; it’s...
2017 CDT Ultralight Gear List (With Camera)
2017 CDT Gear List Last year on my AT thru hike, I became aware of quite a few tweaks that I wanted to make to my gear set up. After...
Retrospective Update From the CDT: Idaho, Montana, and CANADA
(This is the final installment of my retrospective updates of my 2016 thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail. Click here, THEM PAWS! Finally, I gotto see my first grizzly bears!...
A Retrospective Update From the CDT: WYOMING
Walking through the state of snow and high elevation, the need to stop and take zero days to recover was something I took advantage of fully. I also played a...
A Retrospective Update From the CDT: Oh Colorado!
Colorado, let me count the ways. I left off in
30 Thru-Hiking Truths You Won’t See on Instagram
The other evening I was having a conversation with a fellow thru and day hiker at camp. The day hiker asked us why the sudden boom in popularity of the...
5 Tips for Preparing to Thru-Hike the Continental Divide Trail
The following is a guest post courtesy of Felecia Moran, aka With hiking the Divide comes responsibility. Responsibility to keep yourself found! Although there are Johnathan Leys free map set and
Three Gems in the Triple Crown of Hiking
The Triple Crown The oldest of them all, the green tunnel blazed by white, the Appalachian Trail. The Pacific Crest trail, where the highest peaks of the Sierra ebb...