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What Are You Afraid Of? Stories From The Trail Long-Distance Prep School
Class is in session! To help prep for your long-distance hike, we begin by addressing common new-hiker fears - what are you afraid of? To answer that, we present the first...
Facing the Fear
Wants turn to fears My first solo backpacking trip is almost here, and the excitement has turned into fear. Things that I knew were possibilities have turned into probabilities, and...
What I learned hiking Mount Whitney from the Pacific Crest Trail
The old man came through the swinging door of the general store. Worn blue flannel shirt, knife clipped to jeans pocket, big hands that had spent a lifetime working hard....
The Titanic Panic of 2017
Last week, the guy who brings us propane for our RV asked me, “So, do you have any New Year’s resolutions?” He was a little surprised when I responded with...
Breaking Through the Fear
A surprise encounter leaves a hiker wondering, how do you break through your fear to become a solo hiker?
Smokies Secrets: Revealed!
Some life experiences contain in them so much superlative that it’s hard to convey to others what they were like. We resort to hyperbole, or we simply shake our heads...
X-Files, Ziggy Stardust, and How I am Terrified to Hike the Continental Divide Trail
I. I got sick last week. It was a close call, but this isn't the first time I've escaped death. Being sick is the absolute worst, but it is the...
Breaking the silence
I'm so anxious to get some trail under my feet!!! I really dunno how I'm gonna make it another 6 weeks without some dirt! One can only pack, repack and...
Overcoming Anxiety One (Literal) Step At A Time
One of the first questions my husband asked me in all seriousness about my hiking the AT was "You know you will have to talk to people you don't know?...
The Whites: Part 2 (My Hardest Day)
It all started out fine, leaving Galehead Hut with a full stomach and looking ahead to a few miles of relatively flat trail later on. I launched up South Twin...