Weighing Earplugs and Packing a Kindle: One Hiker's Gear Obsession Before Te Araroa
A thru-hiker prepping for New Zealand's Te Araroa weighed every item — even earplugs — but still packed a Kind...
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A Free Sound Map Lets You Hike the Pacific Crest Trail With Your Ears
Field recordist Tom Kelly hiked the PCT in 2023 with microphones and built a free 200-point sound map of the t...
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Trail Diary: Rain, Reunions and 21-Mile Days on Vermont's Appalachian Trail
Flooding rain, 20-mile days and a Vermont motel lockdown: inside a soggy Appalachian Trail stretch through Bur...
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Meet the 2026 Continental Divide Trail Finishers: 3,100 Miles, One Epic Summer
The first 2026 Continental Divide Trail finishers are in — hikers completing 3,000+ miles from New Mexico to M...
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Day 151 on the Appalachian Trail: 1,900 miles down, mixed feelings to go
Day 151 on the Appalachian Trail: passing 1,900 miles, mellow terrain after New Hampshire's Whites, and the bi...
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Swings and Roundabouts on the Appalachian Trail: One Hiker's Week 12
Week 12 of Alyssa's Appalachian Trail vlog: bee stings, wet New Jersey rocks, sugar crashes and a $25 apple pi...
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Gift Guide: What Thru-Hikers Actually Want in 2026
The Trek's 2026 thru-hiker gift guide, curated by real long-distance hikers: from $14 bottles to $479 GPS watc...
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Chasing Water Caches and Cow Pastures: A Week on the Arizona Trail
A thru-hiker's honest diary from 100 miles of the Arizona Trail: water caches, cow-poop campsites and a perfec...
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2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers Celebrate a Season Shaped by Wildfire
Wildfire closed the PCT's northern stretch in 2026, but this year's thru-hikers found creative finishes. Meet...
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A Thru-Hiker's Verdict: The Backpacking Gear That Earned Its Place in 2026
A thru-hiker reviews 2026 backpacking gear: Jolly Gear's UPF shirt, Topo Vista vs Traverse trail runners and t...
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One Hiker Just Walked a 3,250km Loop Around Colorado — And Mapped It for You
Hiker Iceman created and completed the Great Colorado Route: a 3,252km, 141-day loop hitting 13 fourteeners, 1...
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Te Araroa begins: gear up at Cape Reinga, where New Zealand's 3,000km trek kicks off
Day zero on New Zealand's Te Araroa: shipping gear costs, five kilos of food and a shuttle to Cape Reinga befo...
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