Hey y'all! I'm Carol, from South Carolina, but known on the AT as "Overload" because I tend to carry an "overloaded" pack. I got into mountaineering in 2017 and have a few technical climbs under my belt and I would like to "climb every mountain" technical and non-technical.
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Mountaineering Mental Preparation: Getting Your Mind Right
Whether you think you can, or you think you cant, youre right. ---Henry Ford Picture this... youre on a long, uphill slog on the mountain of
Physical Preparation for Mountaineering
This is the second installment in our series about tackling technical ascents and the basics of mountaineering. Read the first one
Mountaineering: You Have to Begin Somewhere
This is the first part of a series about tackling technical ascents and starting the path to becoming a mountaineer. I cant pinpoint the day I
Shakedown Street = Neel Gap (Learning Curves on the Trail)
The journey as a L.A.S.H.er (Long Ass Section Hiker) began for me in July 2013. At this point in my life I was a 7th grade science teacher and the
Overloaded Backpack, Outdated Gear, and Trail Names
As I rolled into Mollies Ridge Shelter in the Great Smoky Mountains on the evening of Saturday, April 12, 2014, I was pleasantly greeted by a bunch
Let Me Go Where I Feel Most Alive!
Hey yall! My name is Carol, or more commonly known as Overload on the trail. Im from South Carolina and I just cant get enough of the