mail drops
Our Mail Drops for our 2015 AT Thru Hike
The Hiking Vikings started their NOBO thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia on February 10, 2015. One hundred fifty-three days later, they finished on Mount Katahdin in Maine! Follow...
How to Score Cheap and Discounted Food for Your Thru-Hike
Discount grocery stores stock their shelves with colorful packages of processed goods ranging from fruit snacks, protein bars, cookies, crackers, pop tarts, whole fat dried milk, cereal, chips, candy, tuna...
The Problems With Mail Drops (And How We Solved Them)
The following is a sponsored post written by 2014 thru-hiker, Kyrsten “Slayer” French from HikerBox. In 2012, Zach posted this article-- “How many mail drops should you send on the Appalachian
Badger Sponsorship 2015 Powered by LARABAR
It's here. For those who may not be familiar, each winter we kickoff a MASSIVE gear giveaway, called the Badger Sponsorship (this year's contest is brought to you by LARABAR, because...
A Guide to Mail Drops on the Appalachian Trail
To send yourself a mail drop when hiking the Appalachian Trail, you can mail packages to a post office or certain hiker-friendly businesses.
Planning for My Gluten Free/Dairy Free Thru-Hike
Over the course of my 2,185 mile AT journey I will be faced with many challenges – intense lightening, roaming bears, cold rain, and ridiculously rocky terrain – but proper...
Care Package Preparation from A to Z
On trail, we received everything from gallon bags of granola to this amazing framed picture of Paul Ryan pumping iron. In light of our awesome friends and family, we decided...
The Best Towns to Send Mail Drops on the Appalachian Trail
Amongst thru-hikers, there is little-to-no agreement about the number of mail drops to send. Some will send dozens, others prefer not to send any. I side with the latter ideology...