3 Thru-hikes You Don't Have to Quit Your Job For
In my twenties and thirties, I was single and unencumbered. My life consisted of working, saving money, and taking a ...
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Adventure Traveling and Hiking on Kauai
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We had been planning a trip to Kauai and wanted it to be a little different than a typical tropical vacation. We want...
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Tips for Backpacking Buckskin Gulch
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Getting ready to leave for our trip into Buckskin Gulch. We had about 90 seconds notice before the heavens opened up....
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Hiking Mountains and with Wildlife in Glacier
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View from Swiftcurrent Peak Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Grizzly Bears, Oh My! Here's the thing about Glacier: pi...
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Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, Smokin' Bear Heads for the AT
It's official, our family just completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail this past September. To say this journ...
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Red Flags while Hiking
Sign after the fact "If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder. Keep the nose out of the blue!" -line from the Air Fo...
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Backpacking the Rogue River Trail in Oregon
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This past spring I convinced a few of my friends to join me on an adventure along the Rogue River Trail in Southern O...
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Pennsylvania's West Rim of the Grand Canyon
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The Pine Creek Gorge isn't as deep, wide, or long as its counterpart in Arizona. It's not even close, but that doesn'...
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Honeymoon Hike on the PCT
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Being a long distance backpacker, I of course felt that a perfect honeymoon would be to go backpacking. My new bride...
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Hike the Quehanna Eastern Loop
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I got out recently for a relatively high mileage weekend trip. My goals were to complete the Quehanna Trail, to test ...
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Three Days Backpacking in Savage Gulf
Along the southern edge of the Cumberland Plateau in TN lies an area known as South Cumberland Recreational Area. Th...
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Four Seasons on the Allegheny Front Trail
If you do enough backpacking, it's likely you'll come across a trail you keep coming back to again and again. For me...
