thru-hikers
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 10: The Trail Haters Ball!
Trail update: I'm still walking. Anything else I say would be completely uninteresting to anyone not doing the same. I'm past 1,000 miles and doing ok. There is a video...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 7: Halfway To Heaven And Just A Mile Out Of Hell
Here is an update on the past 100 miles. After taking a week off the trail, I got back on the PCT at Walker Pass (mile 652). Poobah and I...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 4: I’m Driving A Stolen Car
This is the desert I feared before I started the PCT. The sun was relentless leaving Mill Creek Fire Station at 1pm. There were a dozen or so hikers there...
Panda’s Gear List
It's that time now, late February-early March. The time that literally thousands of people have been waiting for: "official" thru-hiker season! The 2,189 mile journey that is the Appalachian
83 Pieces of Advice for Thru-Hikers, from Thru-Hikers
If you ask twenty people how to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, you're likely to get twenty different answers. So- that's exactly what we did. Because there is no one-size-fits-all approach...
A Good Thing Gone Bad… Kinda
How do you know if they are butterflies or dragons in your stomach?
How to Prepare for Your Thru-Hike at the Office
As you wait out the dreary winter, staring longingly at the start date marked on your calendar, sitting at a desk might feel like an extreme test of patience. But don't despair -...
Here it Goes… Reasons I Am Hiking the Appalachian Trail
You All Can Hold Me to It So over a year ago, I decided to hike the Appalachian Trail when I was a Senior in high school, just after my...
With Nerves Building and the Anticipation Rising, the Countdown is Soon to be Over
I've been away for a while... So with only 1 month and 25 days till I arrive in Amicalola Falls State Park, I've been busting my ass getting prepped, shaving...
How the ATC Plans to Sustain the Appalachian Trail
Foot traffic on the Appalachian Trail is growing—Since the 1930s when only 5 people reported walking over 2,000 miles, the number of thru-hikers continues to increase steadily. When "A Walk...