Darwin’s Pacific Crest Trail GEAR
Under 11 pounds base weight. Details. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Backpacking
1136 mile Ice Age Trail in Winter
Diggins and best friend Emily Ford started December 28th. Finished 69 days later. Emily is the only the second person on record to thru hike the Wisconsin trail in winter. Creative camping was required as campgrounds are closed in winter. And parts of the official Ice Age Trail were closed. They averaged 16.5 miles / …
42 days – Greater Patagonian Trail
I’m hoping to get back to Chile for a big chunk of the GPT in 2022. Ideally, the 1000km section highlighted here by Martín Hurtado. Founder of the trail, Jan Dudeck, feels sections GPT01 to GPT22 is the best long section for hikers. If you want to learn more, download the constantly updated Hikers Manual …
Routeburn Track, New Zealand
New Zealand #1 on our list of BEST HIKING DESTINATIONS of the World. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
1,080km WINTER trek across Poland
On January 4, Lukasz Supergan started a 1,080km trek across his native Poland. Beginning in the Izerskie Mountains, he combined several long trails so that he could hike across the Polish Mountains and end at the Ukrainian border. After 48 days and 16 hours, he reached the Bukowka Pass on the Bieszczady Mountains and finished his crossing. …
WHAT is Bikepacking?
It wasn’t all that long ago that I had to ask Kraig Becker … WHAT is Bikepacking? I wanted to get to hiking trailheads by BIKE. … But isn’t that called Bike Touring? BikePacking.com considers those 2 terms nearly identical, except that touring is mostly on pavement. Bikepacking mostly non-pavement. Camping + minimalist Cycling. Like …
REI Activator 3.0 Softshell Pants Review
REI’s Activator 3.0 Soft-Shell Pants, available for both men and women, are softshell pants for winter hiking, snowshoeing, and skiing. They’re water-resistant and highly breathable to prevent sweat build-up, with articulated knees and a gusseted crotch for freedom of movement. They’re rated windproof to 35 mph wind and coated with DWR (durable water repellent) for …
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Hip Hip Hooray!
Dreams Dashed
So, COVID resulted in the cancellation of my hike the night before I planned to leave in 2020. I know I am not the only one who had that dream dashed. Anyone who has planned a thru hike knows it’s not like cancelling a week-long vacation and rescheduling it later. Nope. This is a huge hiccup in plans. There are financial considerations, not to mention employment status. Mentally, I was thrown for a loop. ...
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The Three C’s of Pandemic Thru-Hiking
Cancel, Continue or Change?
Perhaps one of the most important factors when prepping for a thru-hike is flexibility in both body and mind. Add a global pandemic to the mix and suddenly three words become predominant forks in the road. So which path leads to success?
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Shaking Down Gear and Shaking Out Nerves (Kind of…)
Hey guys!
In May of 2020 my boyfriend, Ryan, and I made a plan to quit our jobs and take a year-long sabbatical to travel around in our 2015 Ford Transit Van, hike the Appalachian Trail, and go on an extended adventure. We had a lot of work ahead of us to make the van a viable living situation for the two of us and our dog, Parker. In November, we packed up our lives in San Diego, ...
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