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“Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 1 of 2”

“Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 1 of 2”

The Trail is hard. Spanning 2653 miles with a vertical gain just under 500,000 feet, it’ll test your body and your will to wake up and hike each day. Physically...

Feb 1, 2023 : Wesley Black
5 mistakes from the PCT

5 mistakes from the PCT

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I really wouldn’t change much about my PCT thru hike this year. But I did do a few stupid things involving becoming too friendly with...

Dec 29, 2022 : Rachel McVittie
Pox & Puss 10th Anniversary Bonus – Eric Rudolph and The Appalachian Trail Bandit

Pox & Puss 10th Anniversary Bonus – Eric Rudolph and The Appalachian Trail Bandit

We are only a few days away from celebrating the Pox & Puss Podcast's 10th anniversary. So, in honor of that day, we bring you some b-b-b-b-bonus content from In...

Oct 4, 2022 : Pox & Puss Podcast
Pox & Puss Episode #72 – Geraldine “Inchworm” Largay: with In The Pines Podcast

Pox & Puss Episode #72 – Geraldine “Inchworm” Largay: with In The Pines Podcast

Pox Holiday, Nikki, and Puss In Boots look into the mysterious 2013 disappearance of Appalachian Trail hiker, Geraldine "Inchworm" Largay. Inchworm was hiking solo through Maine, while her husband

Jul 8, 2022 : Pox & Puss Podcast
Packing Resupply Boxes for the CDT

Packing Resupply Boxes for the CDT

My Past Resupply Strategies In less than one week, I will be standing at the southern terminus of the CDT, ready to set out Northbound on my fourth thru-hike and...

Apr 23, 2022 : Madeline Gould
How To Plan an Appalachian Trail Thru Hike as a Canadian

How To Plan an Appalachian Trail Thru Hike as a Canadian

Top down planning First thing is first, you have to determine how you're going to plan this thing. In my opinion, top down is the only way to approach it....

Apr 20, 2022 : Mountain Goat
Why I Dehydrated My Own Food

Why I Dehydrated My Own Food

There are a few ways you can resupply food on the trail: buy as you go , mail food, or pick up food from a hiker box. There’s no right...

Apr 11, 2022 : Kelsey Parrish
Via Dinarica: The BEST Thru-Hike You’ve Never Heard Of

Via Dinarica: The BEST Thru-Hike You’ve Never Heard Of

The Via Dinarica is a network of long-distance hiking trails through the Dinaric Alps in the Balkans of Southeastern Europe.  There are three trails: the White Trail, the Blue Trail,...

Mar 9, 2022 : Louisa Richards
Pox & Puss Episode #71 – I Do This Now

Pox & Puss Episode #71 – I Do This Now

What can we say? It's been a hell of a year, right? Ugh. We pick up right where we left off, two yahoos just dicking around on microphones, talking about...

Apr 7, 2021 : Pox & Puss Podcast
Neels Gap to Franklin

Neels Gap to Franklin

Well, I made it farther than 25 percent of hikers! After passing through Mountain Crossings without giving my shoes up to the shoe tree, I have now made it past...

Mar 15, 2021 : Wes Laudeman