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Outdoor Careers Part I: Interview With a Wilderness Therapist
This is the first in a series where we'll be chatting with people pursuing careers in the outdoor industry and related fields. If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent some...
Tick Season is Approaching, Here’s What You Need to Know
While thru-hiking the AT last year, I called a Lyft in New York. The driver seemed a little flummoxed by my stinky, mud-covered presence and didn’t know much about the...
Section Hikers are Backpacking’s Unsung Heroes
Every year, thousands of hikers start their journey down the Appalachian Trail, each hopeful to earn the title of “thru-hiker” in a few month's time. While roughly 600 hikers will...
Considerations Before Taking Your Dog on Your Thru-Hike
There tends to be a pretty negative reaction when people ask about bringing their dog on a thru-hike. It’s not necessarily that dogs are incapable of thru-hiking, more than many...
Mailbag with Jennifer Pharr Davis: Be Prepared to Change
The Trek Editor’s Note Welcome to Mailbag with The Pursuit of Endurance is available now, and you can find upcoming book tour events newest book. Question: Hi Jen! AT 2016'er here. A lot...
The John Muir Trail: 211 Miles of Bucket-List Hiking
Length: 211 miles, plus another 10 to get off Mt Whitney Location: The trail runs from Yosemite National Park to the peak of Mt Whitney Trail Type: Shuttle end-to-end Scenery:...
Crossing Spain on Foot: 1,000 Miles of Epic Terrain
Spain was the second country of the 2PVA adventure and had many surprises for us. For two months we hiked 1,500 kilometers, crossed 8 of the 17 autonomous communities of...
The Crawfords: A Family of 8 Takes on the Appalachian Trail
On March 1st, 2018 Ben and Kami Crawford, of the Cincinnati area, and their six children, ages 2, 7, 11, 13, 15, and 16, set out from Springer Mountain, Georgia to thru-hike...
5 Things to Know About The Barkley Marathons: Ultrarunning’s Most Fascinating Race
On June 10, 1977 James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee along with six other convicts. For 55 hours...
Pacing Problems: Why I Split Up With My Original Hiking Partner
I always tell people that thru-hiking with someone is bigger than living with someone. Even if you share a tiny studio apartment with an intimate partner, you’ll usually have some...