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Raider’s Gear Review And Other Stories
My fellow hiker trash, welcome! What lies before you is all the hiking gear I used to finish my 2017 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. I've included, sizes, weights and ...
My AT Gear List: 10 Pounds That’ll Take Me To Maine
After spending godknowshowlong going through every gear list video, blog post, and forum that the internet has to offer - here I am. In the spirit of "Hike Your Own...
Top Backpacks of 2017: Results from the Annual Hiker Survey
In this installment of The Trek’s 2017 Hiker Survey, we cover backpacks and shake downs. We asked hikers about the frame type, capacity, brand, and model of their backpacks. In...
My AT Camera Gear: From “Fully Loaded” to “Bare Bones”
There's no doubt that the gear hype among photographers is just as mesmerizing, bottomless, and situational as with backpacking gear. Whether you've taken the traditional or
Creedence and Clearwater’s Before & After Gear
As aspiring thru hikers, it can be daunting, even intimidating, to think about the gear needed to walk 2,190 miles. We are here to say, stop stressing because you can...
No Ragrets!
We recently discussed a few things that looking back, we may (definitely) would have done differently while getting ready to hike the AT. That's hard to do and say because...
Gear Review: North Face Triarch 3
North Face Triarch 3 MSRP: $470 Type: Freestanding Capacity: Three-person Weight: 3 pounds 9 ounces minimum. 5 pounds 4 ounces packed The tent that you decide to bring on a...
3MPH: Why We’re Filming A Documentary on the CDT
We have the opportunity to show an audience a trail that has no bounds. Everything is higher risk here. But we don’t want to just show this trail. And that’s...
Did Dan “Knotts” Binde Set the Self-Supported FKT on the AT?
May 26th 2017- July 19th 2017 (53:22:57) On July 19th, Dan “Knotts” Binde allegedly set a new self-supported speed record on the Appalachian Trail shortly after taking a nap two...
Gear Review: Shamma Mountain Goat Sandals
Shamma Mountain Goat Sandals MSRP: $99 Footwear is in a constant state of metamorphosis. As athletes collect data about the most efficient designs, new models of shoes emerge. The same...