Hello fellow lovers of the land, air, and sea! This summer my gal pal and I will set out to hike Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, one of the most gorgeous sections of the NCT. What’s the NCT?? Well, it stands for the North Country Trail—one of the longest thru-hiking trails in North America, yet hardly ANYONE has traversed the entire thing. Why, you may ask? Predominantly because of its length. Coming in at a whopping 4,600 miles of trail spanning seven states (New York, ...

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Another beautiful day of training for next year.

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If you aren’t sure if you have time to thru-hike, go anyway. If you’ve done your research and have your gear in place but aren’t sure if you’re ready yet, go anyway. If you’re not sure you’re making the wisest decision as per what is considered acceptable by society for your current stage in life, go anyway.
I’m Sarah, Also Known as Lil Bear, and I’ve Been There
In fact, I was there this past summer. ...

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Hiker Trash Talk
As a thru-hiker newbie, I was unaware of trail “lingo” in the early planning stages as I am a Pacific Crest Trail hopeful. As I write and upload videos for family and friends, I figured this may be helpful to those who are either also a trail virgin, or maybe you are following someone else’s thru-hiking journey! So my goal for you is to be able to talk in true thru-hiker fashion by the end of this blog post. ...

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This is the first post of 2019 in The Trek’s annual survey of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers and long-distance section hikers. This year, we gathered new information on hikers’ favorite hostels along the AT. Changes from last year also include several new favorite resources among hikers.
Participants were recruited through social media, particularly Facebook groups for 2019 AT thru-hikers. Data were collected from September 2019 to November 2019.

Demographics

365 people who hiked on the Appalachian Trail in 2019 took the survey. ...

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