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Many hikers hope their treks will make them better at other sports. Instead, mine kept me from distance running for a year—a common side effect we don't discuss enough.

Whether you’re planning for your first thru-hike or any thru-hike after, there are a few pieces of thru-hiking gear that you need to buy months in advance. It can be frustrating to plan farther ahead, but if you do, you’ll be happy when you start your thru-hike. After 17 thru-hikes, I’ve run the gambit of planning from nothing but getting off the couch to massive spreadsheets. I compiled this list for you, so you don’t get screwed before your hike. Read on to yourself a lot of frustration.

Hi! In case you didn’t know I will be hiking the PCT summer of 2022 (just a few months from the time this post is published)! ← Insert terrified-excited scream here. Since I am treating this as more of an active online pre-trail journaling log (that’s my complicated way of saying, list of sh*t that […]

Learn the best tips for hiking the PCT from a solo female thru-hiker who successfully completed all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.

ou won’t find any of The Big Three items on this list. Instead, these are the things that no one really tells you about, but that can 100% make or break a thru-hike in my humble opinion. I could have saved myself miles of pain and uncomfortableness had I known these little hacks from Day 1 on my first thru-hike. 10 Little Items I Keep in My Pack for Every Thru-Hike 1. Leukotape It’s like a mix between duct tape and KT tape. ...

Here are 10 things I wish I knew before my first thru-hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and what I'll do differently for my hike this year.

Backpacking or thru-hiking a long trail for months, like the PCT, requires surprisingly little gear. In this article Pillsbury lists 6 items thru-hikers carry but should not carry at the beginning of the trail. Following the advice in the article will help your thru-hike of the PCT get off to a good start.

I figured anyone who's hiked hundreds of miles across the United States would probably have some useful advice, so I asked five Pacific Crest Trail veterans about the most essentials tools in their packs

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