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AZT Days 1-9 Utah through the Grand Canyon
The first emotional challenge of this trail has been the great visibility. Often you can see exactly where the trail is going ahead of you. Initially, as an east coaster,...
Finding Strength in Your Purpose
We have finished the PCT It was not an easy year to walk the trail. 2023 has been plagued with crazy weather; from record snow to heatwaves, hurricanes to fire....
The White Mountains Is Where Crying Is Required
I wrote this a week behind and with one very tired braincell. The laws of reality, grammar, and human speech are dead to me after walking almost the entirety of...
A Quaint and Expensive Twilight Zone: New England pt 1
1500 Miles is a Lot of Miles and Your Body isn't Happy About It. Let's talk about what happens after 1500 miles of walking. 1500 miles and above is a...
A New Hampshire Search and Rescue
Imagine hiking through some of the craziest weather in history in the New England States with record-breaking rainfalls and flooding on the Appalachian Trail. Then, meeting new faces along the...
SMT Chapter 10: Hiking Amidst the Relics of the First World War
Day 28: Forwards and Upwards Since I wasn't in a hurry, I woke up just before 6:00 a.m. without an alarm. From the balcony, I observed the rising sun in...
A Beginner Hikes the CDT: Heading Home
I decided to leave the trail a few weeks earlier than planned. Nothing is wrong, I'm not physically or mentally in any danger or pain, but the right thing for...
SMT Chapter 6: We Bailed Out of The Julian Alps
And that’s why this post is rather short… Day 18: On The Top of Slovenia We shared our room at Aljazev dom (mountain hut) in the Vrata Valley with the...
Beyond the Triple Crown of American Hiking
Hello… it’s me… I’m Nathan “Nate” Gressett and on trail I’ve been referred to as “Zach Galifianakis” ever since my first thru-hike attempt in 2013 along the AT. Aptly named...
I Only Get to do this For a Few More Weeks
This has been difficult for me to write. It's not as easy as just recording my thoughts at the end of the day, looking for my photos, and trying to...