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June 27, 2018
5 Ways to beat the heat on an AT thru-hike
The Appalachian Trail is famous for its Green Tunnel and one might think with all that shade, sun, and heat are not a problem, one would be wrong. Avoiding hot days on a long-distance backpacking trip is near impossible and over the course of six months and 2,200 miles on the AT, you WILL encounter oppressive temperatures. […]
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June 16, 2018
20 Hiking Quotes for Motivation, Inspiration, and Wisdom
In only one or two lines of concise language, quotes can convey humor, stoke our motivation, cause a sentimental sigh, and inspire greatness. The following 20 hiking quotes will make you smile, motivate you to get off the couch, and mentally fuel your next trek. Go Take a Hike! “Because in the end, you won’t […]
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May 19, 2018
THRU-HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
PRE-ORDER SPECIAL In anticipation of the release of our book, THRU-HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL – 100 Tips, Tricks, Traps, and Facts, we are offering two pre-order packages. This is your chance to get the book signed by Chica & Sunsets along with a few extra goodies (outlined below). Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail is the perfect guidebook for someone wanting […]
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April 25, 2018
How much does it cost to hike the Appalachian Trail?
Failing to plan is planning to fail Once we decided we were going to attempt a thru-hike of the AT our very first planning question we asked ourselves was what is the cost of an AT thru-hike? The problem was the answers we found were platitudinous. We found answers like, you need $1 per mile (or […]
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April 13, 2018
Snakes on the Appalachian Trail
Overall, Chica and I were surprised by the number of animals we saw during our 6-months on the Appalachian Trail. Maybe it’s because we hiked as a couple and were not very stealthy, but we just didn’t see that many, especially mammals. Four bears, two moose, a few rabbits, a dozen deer, one racoon and […]
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April 10, 2018
5 Women-Specific Gear Hiking Choices
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I loved being a woman thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail last year. Yes, I was with my husband, and that was epic, but I didn’t let that take away from the pride I had for myself as a woman. When I was young, and I first heard of the Appalachian Trail, […]
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April 4, 2018
A Walk for Sunshine – excerpt
If you are like me consuming hiking books is like eating after you have been on the trail for a month … you read everything you can get your hands on. Today we provide you with an excerpt from A Walk for Sunshine, Jeff Alt’s memoir of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail to honor his brother who […]
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March 22, 2018
5 Brilliant Gear Solutions for Long-Distant Hikers
Gear, gear, gear. It’s easy to get bogged down in the minutia of gear stats when outfitting a long-distance hike. Weight, size, material, multi-use’ness, cost, it seems an unending process to choose what is best. Today’s list is 5 items that can be easily left out, but provide gear solutions to common backpacking problems. Most […]
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February 15, 2018
Five Free Resources For The AT Thru-Hiker
Some of the resources that a thru-hiker needs or wants are available for free in various formats. Here are my 5 favorites. 1) GPS and in-phone maps: The Hiker Bot app is a free tool that can take the place of Guthooks. Sadly, it is not yet available for Apple iWhatever products. But, if you […]
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