Trail Days
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – “Double Stack”
Double Stack’s love affair with long distance might have started with his 2018 AT thru hike, but it did not end there
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories: Paul and Joyce
Standing and waiting in line to enter the free Thursday evening hiker feed offered by One Way Ministries at Trail Days 2024 was a great opportunity to meet people, including...
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – John B.
Some might describe Trail Days in Damascus, VA as time when AT hikers, both current and former, gather to share stories and the camaraderie of the trail community. It can...
The Month-Long Appalachian Trail Celebration You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Every year, hundreds of hikers set out from Springer Mountain in early spring with dreams of becoming one of the few who will complete a "thru-hike" of the Appalachian Trail....
5 Things I Learned In My First 300 Miles of Backpacking
You Live and You Learn No matter the amount of researching, and planning a newbie backpacker does before a trip, nothing will prepare them better than being on trail. Like...
PCT Days 1-11
Day 1: April 12th I got a ride to the southern terminus from my friend at about 8am. I called a few people procrastinating for about 15 minutes before going....
Week 20: Pacific Crest Trail Days!
A Week Off I take a full week off trail. My timing was a little off. If I were to continue at the pace I was going, I would make...
Doing what I love, while doing what I love
Hikers need yoga. That’s a given. And maybe it’s not everyday that someone who teaches yoga for a living hikes the PCT and gets to offer her services to hikers...
A Life of Extremes
In the span of a couple days (and about 100 trail miles), it went from thunderstorms, rain and cold, to extreme heat, smoke and fire. Talk about opposite ends of...
TRAIL DAYS 2019: Hiker Portraits and Festival Experience
Hello, folks! Furiosa (or Fury) here, bringing you a rewind and reflection of Trail Days 2019 in Damascus, VA. I had the pleasure of working with the gang at The...