
Long Hikes: Romance vs. Reality
“Reality often astonishes theory.” Some thoughts on romance trumping reality and how to make these dreams comes true. Read More …
“Reality often astonishes theory.” Some thoughts on romance trumping reality and how to make these dreams comes true. Read More …
Some Friday evening musings of when a backpacking trip becomes a thru-hike. Read More …
Introducing the first two eBooks in the “Quick and Dirty” Hiking Guides co-authored with Cam Honan of The Hiking Life. Read More …
How to do a fast hike? The real question is how to hike all day consistently. And then repeat. Here are some ideas. Read More …
Some thoughts about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in the current snow conditions. Read More …
Why adding up the mileage a person hiked is not a useful metric for gauging outdoor “expertise.” Read More …
Just a term I use to describe a certain mentality and type of hiking. Read More …
The capital “H” means long trails with a designated route. The answer is no. And probably not for a while. Read More …
Thru-hikers have extensive experience in the outdoors. But it is a very specialized experience.
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A guide for planning long hikes on The Colorado Trail. Town info, resupply, alt routes, and general info. Revised regularly. Read More …
Lawton "Disco" Grinter, best known in thru-hiking circles for producing The Walkumentary, has written about his ten-thousand miles of hiking. Rather than a traditional thru-hike narrative about a journey, it is a collection of short vignettes from his many years Read More …
An interview I did on Hike Yeah with Alex Head on my thoughts of the "raising the ante" seemingly popular with the long distance hiking scene…
You can listen to me wax my .02 on hiking opinions on the last half of this podcast. Perhaps the only hiking podcast with a guest who speaks with the touch of a Rhody accent! Part two is also available.
Before a thru-hike, many people discuss the plans before the trail and what being on the trail will be like. Few people ask what it is like when you FINISH the trail. Adjusting to life after the trail can be Read More …
Paul Magnanti’s 2009 thru-hike of the Benton MacKaye Trail; with journal, photos and trip planning information. To walk. To see. To see what you see. –Benton MacKaye on the purpose of the Appalachian Trail. In 2009, I became a casualty Read More …
Here is my journal from my journey on the Continental Divide Trail .