Hiker Box Diaries Episode 4: I’m Driving A Stolen Car

This is the desert I feared before I started the PCT. The sun was relentless leaving Mill Creek Fire Station at 1pm. There were a dozen or so hikers there collecting the last water for 27 miles. I got there at 11:30am and hung around for an hour and a half. I concentrated on drinking ......

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MYOG: Make Your Own Ultralight Breathable Tarp Poncho

So you think you’re ultralight? Think again, hiker friend! Up your game by making your own 7.9 ounce (including tent stakes!) cuben fiber tarp/poncho. This simplistic and crazy light piece of gear will function as your rain gear, your shelter, and your pack cover. ULTRALIGHT BREATHABLE TARP PONCHO I made this minimal item last season ......

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Days 26-30

Sick hiking is hard hiking, but still worth it. ...

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MIA on the AT

It’s been about 400 miles since my last blog post… Yikes. Maybe I should change my name to MIA. I’ve made it to Woods Hole Hostel in Virginia which is mile 623! The Rundown I hiked out of Hot Springs, NC on the morning of the fire that closed the trail for at least a ......

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Welcome To The Good Life

Flip flopping the AT. I can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing right now....

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Episode 6: Water, Sand, and Giants

Agua Dulce to Mojave/Tehachapi (mile 566) The usual introduction where Chuckles rambles on: We’ve all adjusted to our desert pace, which seems to exist in the extreme reaches of the bell curve.  We have long, exhaustive days where we scamper over ridge lines and slide down sandy mountains like the little panicked lizards that crisscross ......

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Days 21-25: Bear Edition

Okay, I know the title says Bear Edition, but there are no bear pictures this week, only bear stories. I promise they are good ones though! Day 21: Mollie’s Ridge Shelter to Spence Field Shelter Short day today! It was cold and misty this morning after a rainy night, but when we left the shelter ......

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