Long-Ass Section Hiker

2020 Appalachian Trail Section-Hiker Survey: Resupply and Transportation

2020 Appalachian Trail Section-Hiker Survey: Resupply and Transportation

Long overlooked in our annual surveys, Appalachian Trail (AT) section hikers were the focus of the Trek's 2020 survey. We surveyed 448 people, 43 of whom had completed the entire...

Sep 14, 2021 : Mariposa
To Be Seen: Life as a Nonbinary Hiker

To Be Seen: Life as a Nonbinary Hiker

I’m the second of four kids. I grew up on a backlot of a rural road in Connecticut and spent my summers chasing frogs up and down the creek in...

Jun 29, 2021 : Aubri Drake
Trail Town Blues: Inner Stirrings of a Restless Mind

Trail Town Blues: Inner Stirrings of a Restless Mind

I haven't written in a while. Truthfully, I've been so busy doing life that it hasn't been a priority. But lately, in the rare quiet moment that I may experience...

Apr 21, 2016 : Stacia Bennett
I am a Graceful Athlete, or Why I am Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

I am a Graceful Athlete, or Why I am Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

Hello humans of the hiking and non-hiking world! I am the humanoid known as Katie, Wilderness, KB, or whatever else you want to call me. "Hey you!" always works. This...

Dec 28, 2015 : Katie Brown