Walking New Zealand's Te Araroa: four days of rain, hitches and hostel friends in Northland
A hiker's diary from Te Araroa's Northland days: rain, $20 farm dinners, $9 cabins, trail angels and the cultu...
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Veteran Thru-Hiker Andrew Skurka Explains How to Survive Your First Solo Backpacking Trip
Andrew Skurka shares why the first days of solo backpacking are hardest, and four techniques — STOP, snack bre...
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Bootheel Blues: The Final Desert Stretch of the Continental Divide Trail
A Continental Divide Trail thru-hiker's desert finale: New Mexico's Bootheel, ghost towns, border-wall convoys...
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The 2026 Class of Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Meet the Latest Finishers
The Trek celebrates the 2026 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker finishers, from Triple Crown completers to October f...
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How the Appalachian Trail Became Moxie Farr's Escape Route From an Amish-Mennonite Life
Backpacker Radio hears how AT thru-hiker Moxie Farr funded her hike with a chicken business and used the trail...
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Champagne, Snow and a Clothespeg Gamble: Finishing the Pacific Crest Trail
A PCT journal from the final miles: snow at Cutthroat Pass, golden larches, a clothespeg prank and the bitters...
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A Thru-Hiker's Zero Day in Newton, New Jersey: Rocks, Rest Days and the Road to Pennsylvania
An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker takes a zero day in Newton, NJ — 500 miles to go, rocky trails, Delaware Water...
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Crossing Wyoming on the Continental Divide Trail: Basin Heat, Wind River Lakes and a Sprint to Yellowstone
A CDT hiker's Wyoming traverse: 120 waterless miles in the Great Divide Basin, the wildflower lakes of the Win...
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Crossing Mather Pass: A Day on the John Muir Trail, Sore Knee and All
Day 11 on the John Muir Trail: climbing Mather Pass on a sore knee, a fresh rockfall, trail friendships and ha...
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A Thru-Hiker's 29th Birthday at Shaw's Hostel: The Last Zero Before Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness
A thru-hiker spends her 29th birthday at Shaw's Hiker Hostel in Monson, Maine — lobster rolls, Dutch birthday...
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What 2,200 Miles on the Appalachian Trail Taught One Hiker About Gear (and Budgeting for Failure)
An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker's honest gear rundown: what broke, what got replaced, and why you should budge...
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Washington Hikers Aged 18-33 Can Apply for a $5,000 Pacific Crest Trail Grant
A $5,000 grant funds one Washington hiker's PCT thru-hike each year. Applications for 2027 are open until Janu...
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