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The Frugal Thru Hiker: A Few Tips on How to Stretch the Dollar on the Trail

The Frugal Thru Hiker: A Few Tips on How to Stretch the Dollar on the Trail

A short, fun guide on how to pinch pennies during a thru hike when it comes to getting clean, food resupply, gear, shelter, and more!

Dec 6, 2016 : Stubbs
Southbounders: Still out here killin’ it

Southbounders: Still out here killin’ it

See? Killin' it. With paint. At Broken Fiddle Hostel in Damascus, VA. You heard right. We're still out here. Crushing miles. Breaking hearts. Destroying burritos.  We're southbound on the AT...

Oct 1, 2016 : Jeremy Morris
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 12: Dodging Cougars and Blowdown Steeplechase

Hiker Box Diaries Episode 12: Dodging Cougars and Blowdown Steeplechase

  A Typical Day On The PCT 7/29/16 7:30pm: I usually don't stop and camp this early, there's still light. The hike today was 32 miles through a 20 mile...

Aug 14, 2016 : Digger
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 11: Dream Baby Dream

Hiker Box Diaries Episode 11: Dream Baby Dream

  "Dream up, Dream up, Let me fill your cup, With the promise of a man."-Neil Young Dream Baby Dream Okay California. This is one more song about moving down...

Jul 30, 2016 : Digger
When you hit rock bottom, climb back up.

When you hit rock bottom, climb back up.

I could either go home and be a quitter or purge myself of all anxieties and negativity. Continuing to hike in my toxic mental state was not an option.

Jul 23, 2016 : Laurel "Duchess of Slug" Seus
White Mountains to the Yellow Deli

White Mountains to the Yellow Deli

The Yellow Deli. It doesn't sound too interesting, but every northbounder we passed either has a story, or you can tell expected to have a story but didn't really get...

Jul 12, 2016 : Lauren de la Vega
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 10: The Trail Haters Ball!

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...

Jul 6, 2016 : Digger
The Trouble With Trail Magic

The Trouble With Trail Magic

"A good traveler leaves no footprints"- Lao Tzu Random acts of human kindness breathe life into the Appalachian Trail, marking the long distance hiking experience with an amount generosity that's

Jun 27, 2016 : Mary Beth Skylis
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 9: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

Hiker Box Diaries Episode 9: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

" The mighty Sierra, miles in height, and so gloriously colored and so radiant, it seemed not clothed with light but wholly composed of it, like the wall of some...

Jun 27, 2016 : Digger
Trail Magic, a hikers request.

Trail Magic, a hikers request.

Trail Magic It’s a burning hot day in Pennsylvania. I've seen 3 rattlesnakes already today sunning themselves on the exposed ridges. Luckily I had me earbuds out to hear all...

Jun 21, 2016 : Oliver Hudgins