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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...
Chapter 3: PCT 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
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...
“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...
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...
“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...
Babies and Blisters
I never get blisters. Not anymore. Some years ago, after struggling with toe blisters (my toes are very closely spaced) and repeatedly losing toenails on long hikes, I made some...
Sobo On The Florida Trail | Eglin Air Force Base, Black Water State Park
Everything Is Wet Like consistently, for the past 70 miles, everything has just been wet. Mostly from condensation. Anyway though, since I last checked in a lot has happened. The...
Chapter 2: PCT Week 1: “Sand and Snow Already”
Chapter 2: Week 1: “Sand and Snow Already” Days 2-3: 3/7-3/8/22 Total Trail Miles: 26.10 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 26.88 Cumulative Trail Miles: 41.50 From: Houser Creek to Mount
Appalachian Trail 2022 Thru Hike Full Gear List
This is the information I get questioned about A LOT! The gear! I have never and will never identify myself as a gearhead, and I definitely don’t think you HAVE...