Convertible Hiking Pants Review – what’s actually fantastic?
When it comes to hiking gear it can be non-trivial to choose the right pants, shorts or some unholy combination […]
3 days of bushwhacking across lost trails during an Atmospheric River
tl;dr: The wettest I’ve ever been. I didn’t avoid the poison oak (scratching as I write this), and I need
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Long-term Solar Panel Review: Better Than Power Banks
tl;dr: I’ve spent over 2,000 miles and almost a decade looking at optimizing solar panels for backpacking. The Vapcell 2150A
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Afterward to the Arizona Trail
There’s a strange magic to thru-hiking that doesn’t exist for other activities. You wake up, hike at least a marathon’s
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There’s a hole in the ground
We climbed up some scaffolding steps seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Up they twisted. From the top of this
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Utah or Death?
I hung out in Pine, waiting for ShortStix to get to town in the morning. Everyone headed toward the “Early
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Hunt for the Not October
It’s been a hard few days. The topography has taken me from desert scrub to conifererous forests, only to drop
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If not friend, why friend shaped?
About 15 miles before you enter the Park their lovely faces appear, greeting you like an inflatable, wacky tube dancer.
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Glorious Gates
The trail changes shortly after mile 100. It becomes impossible to mistake it for anything other than Arizona. You walk into desert scrub,