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Mailbag with Jennifer Pharr Davis: Pick Your Celebrity Thru-Hiker Fantasy League
Welcome to Mailbag with Jennifer Pharr Davis, where we take hikers questions and pass them off to the trail legend for her wisdom and analysis. JPDs newest book, The Pursuit of Endurance is
Congrats to These 2018 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers! (Week of Sep. 4 )
It's September and we're in the thick of summit season. A huge round of applause for these brand-spanking-new thru-hikers! Whether youre going northbound, southbound, or flip-flopping, we want to
Congrats to These 2018 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers! (Week of Sept. 3)
PCT northbounders are ending their trek to Canada! In true PCT fashion, fire closures have made things interesting and stopped some of this week's hikers at Harts Pass. Regardless, a...
Trail Correspondents Episode #13: Technology Use on a Thru-Hike
Technology on a thru-hike. Combining these words tends to rouse some heated debate. Some people abstain entirely from technology during their hikes, opting only to keep in touch with
Q&A with Elsye “Chardonnay” Walker: Likely the First Black, Female Triple Crowner
The ATC, the PCTA, the CDTC and the ALDHA-Westthe organizations that oversee the long-distance trails we adoredon't recognize any qualifier in front of the term "thru-hike." They also don't
This Weeks Top Instagram Posts from the #PacificCrestTrail
Welcome to our weekly roundup where we carefully select and showcase the most impressive, hilarious, and all-around epic photos taken on the Pacific Crest Trail. Use the hashtag
Seven Unexpected Trail Obstacles
I have now been on trail for 1,700 miles. Along the way Ive encountered many of the more common trail challenges (rain, mud, bad days, rain and mud on bad...
How to Hike the West Highland Way: 96 Miles Through the Scottish Highlands
Completed in 1980, the West Highland Way is a 96-mile linear long-distance footpath in Scotland running from the town of Milngavie, just north of Glasgow, to Fort William in the...
This Weeks Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail
Welcome to our weekly roundup of the most spectacularly beautiful, hilariously entertaining, and all-around best photos taken on the Appalachian Trail this past week. This week featured photos
Hiking off “The List:” Life After Finishing the New England 67
I met my goal, now what? It has been almost a month since I summited my final peak on the New England 67 list. Since finishing, I've been on two...