Arlette Laan Sets Women’s Fastest Known Time for White Mountain Direttissima
I did a thing. I took on the White Mountain Direttissima, what some also call the White Mountain Challenge, and I com...
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45 miles. 11,000’ elevation gain. 24 hours. Meet the Tour de LeConte Challenge.
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Gossamer Gear Brand Ambassadors are an incredible bunch, if we do say so ourselves. Not only are they completing incr...
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Best Pacific Crest Trail Section Hiking, According to the Experts
The Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT, is a National Scenic Trail in the western United States that runs along the Sierra N...
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Why We Never Stop Hiking: Tales from Our Trail Blazers
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Do you remember your first big hike or your first overnight backpacking trip? You might've made some rookie mistakes ...
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Three Days in the Olympic Peninsula's Enchanted Valley
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You know that feeling you get on the trail where time and space seem to fade into oblivion, and you begin to feel in ...
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Hike the Drakensberg Grand Traverse through South Africa and Lesotho
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In September 2017, Ras "UltraPedestrian" Vaughan traveled to South Africa and the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho to take...
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The Magic of Hiking the CDT in Colorado During a High Snow Year
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On April 22, 2019, Andrew Glenn began a thru-hike connecting the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in the United States ...
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How Making the Move to Lightweight Hiking Was a Game Changer
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I've just completed my second back-to-back, coast-to-coast hike across Scotland, hiking from west to east and coverin...
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Hiking with a Cause: 6 Yogis Learn Minimalist Backpacking and More
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I felt like I truly understood the phrase 'Less is More.' Now that I found minimalist backpacking, I don't think I w...
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Great Divide Trail + Continential Divide Trail: A Challenging Epic Thru-Hike from Mexico into Canada
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Lead-Up to Connecting the Great Divide Trail with the CDT On September 19, 2017, I reached the northern terminus of t...
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Sharpie Permanent Markers: An Unexpected Backpacking Essential
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I view "doing without" as an essential skillset in pursuit of the ultralight/minimalist backpacking ideal. While, at ...
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Off Trail On Track: Duncan Cheung Shares What it Means to Hike with a Cause
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Take Less. Do More. It's not just a catchy company slogan for us at Gossamer Gear. It's a way of life. It's an ethos ...
