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Chapter 5: Week 3: “The Seasons of San Jac”

Chapter 5: Week 3: “The Seasons of San Jac”

Chapter 5: Week 3: “The Seasons of San Jac” Days 15-21: 3/20-3/26/22 Total Trail Miles: 80.30 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 85.53 Cumulative Trail Miles: 232.10 From: Idyllwild to Somewhere near...

Mar 20, 2023 : Wesley Black
The Night Before the AT

The Night Before the AT

Imagine laying in your cozy bed, while realizing that this is the last time you will be in that bed for a long time - that's precisely what I am...

Mar 17, 2023 : Eliza Swackhamer
A Cheap Tent and a Grand Canyon

A Cheap Tent and a Grand Canyon

I bought the $24 tent. What could go wrong?

Mar 17, 2023 : Jon
Chapter 4: Week 2: “Yeti, an Eagle, and a Van”

Chapter 4: Week 2: “Yeti, an Eagle, and a Van”

Chapter 4: Week 2: “Yeti, an Eagle, and a Van” Days 8-14: 3/13-3/19/22 Total Trail Miles: 74.70 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 76.60 Cumulative Trail Miles: 151.80 From: Julian to

Mar 17, 2023 : Wesley Black
Thru Hike #2; Electric Boogaloo CDT Style

Thru Hike #2; Electric Boogaloo CDT Style

It's Official: Sprite Hikes the CDT With less than a year having returned from my thru of the Appalachian Trail (AT), I find myself feverishly planning for a very last-minute...

Mar 15, 2023 : Mountain Goat
Chapter 3: Week 1: “Desert Hail and Basecamp”

Chapter 3: Week 1: “Desert Hail and Basecamp”

Chapter 3: Week 1: "Desert Hail and Basecamp" Days 4-7: 3/9-3/12/22 Total Trail Miles: 35.6 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 37.28 Cumulative Trail Miles: 77.10 From: Mount Laguna to Julian Chapter

Mar 3, 2023 : Wesley Black
We Have Unfinished Business

We Have Unfinished Business

I'm missing something... What is this something? Did I not learn my lesson from hiking the Appalachian Trail? Speaking of which... I can't even begin to fumble through my memories...

Feb 28, 2023 : Anna Hamrick
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
How I’m Training for My AT Thru Hike

How I’m Training for My AT Thru Hike

First, Some Advice I'll Be Ignoring Advice about training for a thru-hike seems to go to two extremes. At one end of the spectrum is the "No Training = No...

Feb 6, 2023 : Jon
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