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Fellow thru-hikers had told me there was another trail out there—in the mysterious West. A trail that wound a serpentine path from Mexico to Canada. A true wilderness without the excessive people of the...

I have been preparing for a 100-mile paddle trip in the Everglades next month. I will be taking my Hobie peddle-drive fishing kayak (christened as The Fish Stick). The Fish Stick has already been all over...

I climb into my tent on Hawk Mountain, Georgia, and a sense of smugness comes over me. It’s the first night on the Appalachian Trail and I am feeling confident. I’ve hiked farther and faster than everyone...

I tracked every dollar I spent on the Appalachian Trail.  I did this from a curiosity standpoint; I was interested to know what the final figure would be. Though I had an approximate idea on how much...

From my kayak I can see for many miles in all directions and I think to myself, “I feel more solitude now than I felt anytime on the entire Appalachian Trail.” On the AT, I was almost always tucked away...

My Appalachian Trail journey was so much more than the numbers, but as an analytical person, I like the numbers too. They are another lens I can use to process the experience. My wife, who is currently...