Backpacking

n today’s episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Bekah and Derrick Quirin.  In 2017, the Quirins thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail with their adorable baby, Ellie, alongside.  We learn how in the hell this is possible, including their diaper logistics, gear setup, nap schedule, and much more.  The very next year the Quirins cycled the 2,700 mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, again, with Ellie in tow.  We learn the of the unique challenges between thru-hiking and thru-biking, ...

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ong overlooked in our annual surveys, Appalachian Trail (AT) section hikers were the focus of this year’s survey. We surveyed 448 people, 43 of whom had completed the entire AT in sections, i.e. become “2000 milers” in over a year, and 405 who were in progress working towards this goal. This post focuses on the demographics including comparisons to thru-hikers. For the nuts and bolts, keep reading, or else skip to the TL;DR at the bottom. ...

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Welcome to my AT blog
This is my first AT blog for TheTrek, or as I am calling it, ‘My favorite delusion’.  I say delusional because TBH undertaking this adventure is really a leap of faith into the unknown, facing new challenges, places, people, dangers, old fears, with no guarantee of success. I’ve been thinking about and planning a thru-hike for years. Am I deluding myself that at 64ish I’m still capable enough as a hiker to make it? ...

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What are the best tents for thru-hiking? The first major option is choosing between a semi-freestanding tent which comes with tent poles or a trekking-pole tent. Semi-freestanding tents are usually easier to set up than trekking pole tents but often weigh more. Trekking pole tents utilize your trekking poles for the structure of the shelter, …

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“I went to the woods because I wished to live life deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” – Henry David Thoreau
Nature Draws Aware People
Here comes a long-winded collection of thoughts as I wait for the start of my hike. I might be impatiently rambling as time slowly goes by, ...

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How is it possible to receive trail magic before you're even on a trail? I'll tell you how its called: "Off the Trail Magic"! I am victim to this, oh darn. Learn about my series of fortunate events that lead me to my journey.

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​Happy New Year’s fellow hikers! Though, I never left the trail, after my 2019 AT thru hike, I’ve been doing smaller hikes(7-14 miles) and because of a minor knee injury turned my Long Trail hike into a section hike last summer, I still get out there. Since my AT completion I have considered many aspects of my pack setup. I was first and foremost happy with my gear and never made any changes or adjustments on trail. ...

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A 27-year-old preggo embarking on the Appalachian Trail.

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Read about some of the personal goals I have while on trail in 2021. Goals can be so much more than just making the needed miles.

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