This trail is an ass kicker. I loved it but I would not recommend it to everyone by a long shot. If you are used to hiking out west on beautiful clear trails with a maximum 10% grade, switchbacks and constant views and that's what you love, this is not the trail for you. If …
Let’s take a break from the dehydrated recipes to have a throwback to my mom and my first backpacking trip together. We can call it mental preparation for the Vermont Long Trail. We were so fresh faced and bright eyed when my Aunt dropped us off at Snoqualmie on the first day. We were doing …
“You should post pictures of your gear, people love that” -Eric Bastoul (paraphrased) This is both not my full set of gear and also more than I will actually be carrying. This does not include first aid, clothes, food or toiletries. This (plus the aforementioned missing items) will also be split up with my mom, …
This is really “Food, Part I” since I’m only covering dehydrated dinners. When I get to Vermont my mom and I will put together breakfasts (oatmeal), lunches (tortillas with stuff and gorp) and a few more dinners with canned salmon. I’ll make separate posts with each individual recipe, but will cover an overview here. The …
1. Pack heavy foods like uncooked rice and lentils. Definitely pack too much, for example a full bear of honey. This is ideal because honey will also leak and get other items sticky. Bring a month's worth of hot chocolate even though you're planning a seven day backpacking trip. If your backpack isn't taller than …
Keeping in tradition from last year, I'm late on Earth Day. In 2016 I posted a collection of forests, this year I've selected wildflowers, cacti and yucca from across the country. If you can ID any of the flowers that I didn't I would really appreciate it, shoot me a message. Shout out to the …
We stood on the side of the trail in disbelief. I can’t imagine what Ray Jardine would have said if he saw our packs. We had a bag of fresh strawberries, a full pound of grated parmesan cheese in the large cylindrical container, several bananas, trash that we were now apparently packing in, and I …
On the Pacific Crest Trail, views on both sides of the ride, with the best hiking partner I've ever had. Happy Mother's Day Mom! The struggle to get this rain cover took us from the NJ REI to the Seattle REI, and we talked to many employees before we found Alyx. Through some magic he …
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