gear
Horns Hooves and Coats: A 2022 AT Gear List
2022 Appalachian Trail Gear list for a couple of flip-flop thru hikers.
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,...
What’s in the Backpack?
Mirage's stuff! Bryce's stuff! What does one need to hike 2194.3 miles? The answer can be both short and sweet or long and complicated. We are going to try to...
Let’s Talk About Gear
Oh boy, gear! I've spent hours and hours looking at gear, comparing specs, and reading through other hiker's lists, and now the time has finally come to share my own...
Comprehensive Post-AT Gear Review
When I was researching, I only trusted the gear reviews from hikers who had finished the trail. I completed my SOBO thru-hike of the AT on November 26, so here's...
I have to break up with my Zpacks backpack
People have shared that gear may shift along the course of a thru-hike, but it is not without some sadness that I didn’t get my pack choice right from the...
How I got my Trail Name….Sofa Queen
“And when you’re in a Slump you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done“ There were a couple things I knew I needed to have...
Shitty Air Pad 1, Steve 0
Shakeout lessons learned…the good, the bad, and the ugly! As a last tune-up before my NOBO attempt, I went on a shakeout hike of the AT last week in New...
The Great Escape II
Last year the country shut down for Covid two days before my planned departure for Atlanta. I thought I would have to wait until 2022, but for once being old...
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...