The I’ve been hiking trail that is all new to me the past few days. Even though the mosquitoes are bad I feel like I’m no longer hiking through anything, I’m hiking toward something. And now I’m free to inhabit that hike in new and different ways. Just a few days left of Colorado. With the Basin hike, I’m more than halfway through. It’s hard to imagine that there is an end to this hike and I’m getting closer to it. ...

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Mt Lafayette is the highest peak on Franconia Ridge and the most popular because day hikers and backpackers can stop at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s nearby Greenleaf Hut to refill their water bottles and buy lunch. It can also get very busy on summer weekends with AT Thru-hikers and tourists, but there are routes that …

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I'm off to a solid but wet start.

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We hope you’ve got enough appetite to stomach even more trail food chat, because today’s edition is an all you can eat buffet of hiker fare. Our remaining PCT and CDT hikers weigh in on what their favorite trail foods are, how their cravings have changed over the course of their hikes, if they’ve been stricken with the notorious hiker hunger, how their food systems have evolved, and more.
For anyone who’s curious about how long distance backpackers manage their diets, ...

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Steve Adams, trail name Mighty Blue, is on the Appalachian Trail, again. Best known for his hiking memoirs Creaking Geezer, Hidden Flagon and Three Weddings and a Sabbatical, he also produces the popular hiking podcast The Ultimate Midlife Crisis.
Steve is currently producing his show from the trail and he took time from his busy schedule to call us from a listener’s house in Pennsylvania.
In this incredibly busy hour, we talk about:

What it’s like hiking the AT a second time
Seeing the same views from different perspectives
Max Patch
Why you shouldn’t let Facebook color your view of the hiking community
Beer and wine
What makes an integral hike? ...

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