Hiker Intro
To Bring Or Not To Bring: Flip-Flop Preparations
Do you dream of thru hiking but are not sure how to begin researching? Or are you prepping for your own thru hike and are looking for a few last...
Call Me Smokebeard
Introducing Ed "Smokebeard" Schernau, PCT-hopeful for 2018.
The Birth of an Unique European Thru-hike
Hello Everyone ! Ladies and gents, Young and old, Adventurers for life or for a weekend, we hope you will enjoy our European Thru-hike adventure, articles and pictures and maybe...
Because when youre making huge life decisions, why not make another one?
My name is Rachel and I am thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail solo northbound in 2018. I am a 22 year old recent college graduate with no idea what the future...
Three Reasons I’m Thru-Hiking the AT
Hi everyone. Soon enough Ill be babbling on semi-incoherently about gear, and likely a year from now youll all be sick to death of reading my posts. But for the...
Yo, It’s On
Last March, my sister sent me a link via Facebook to a book about the Appalachian Trail and the message 2020 yo its on. The book was Hiking Through: One...
I Dropped Out of College to Hike the PCT
Hey everyone! My name is Caroline - trail name Lone Wolf - and Im a little late to the blogging game on The Trek. I started my PCT thru hike...
First post from Hot Springs, NC. Better late than never right?
I'm currently sprawled out in a super comfy bed at a B&B in Hot Springs, NC. That's right. I'm 273 miles in and just now writing my first post. It's...
Where Does the Time Go?
The realization of time passing, enjoying the moment and realizing a dream.
Prologue
I have thought a lot about this first entry. Like, a lot a lot. Honestly, probably a bit too much. I guess its much better than not thinking it through...