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

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

Continued from the first half of this article Uphill Battles: Mental and Emotional Challenges of a PCT Thru-Hiker, Part 1 of 2 that covered both physical and environmental hurdles to...

Feb 27, 2023 : Wesley Black
“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
Expectations for the CDT

Expectations for the CDT

If the website would allow it, this article would be blank.  However, I don’t think they’d appreciate that so instead I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. My expectations...

Mar 21, 2018 : Brian Cornell
Hiker Intro : How I Became the ‘Barefoot’ Hiker

Hiker Intro : How I Became the ‘Barefoot’ Hiker

  Leave No Trace to me means respecting nature as if it were a holy site. Hi, everyone. My name is Jeremy. You can call me the "Barefoot" Hiker. This...

Mar 14, 2017 : Jeremy Gottschalk
There Ain’t No Rules In The Woods

There Ain’t No Rules In The Woods

Less than two months ago, I was Nayt Boyt or Mr. Nate. I was a substitute teacher and worked at a bakery. Life went by without my thinking twice about...

May 1, 2014 : Nayt Boyt