HIKING STORIES
Long-Distance Hiking: How to Properly Prepare Your Body
Back in March of 2013, I embarked on a solo hike with the intention of walking from Georgia to Maine––a stretch otherwise known as The Appalachian Trail. The hike would take me over 2,000 miles of hard terrain, through fourteen states, up and down severe elevation changes, switchbacks, undeveloped wilderness, and through every possible weather
An Inside Look at Jason Hardrath’s Journey to 100 FKTs
In the fall of 2020, Jason Hardrath, an elementary school P.E. teacher from Klamath Falls, Oregon, was closing in on his goal of setting 100 FKTs (fastest known times). One important question was on his mind: what objective was worthy of being number 100? Hardrath decided the Bulger List—a burly lineup of the 100 highest
I Was in Denial About My PTSD. On the Pacific Crest Trail, I Learned How to Heal
When the memories of combat refused to fade, a former army medic found healing in thru-hiking.
The All-Black Group Preparing To Climb Mount Everest
(CNN) — About 4,000 people have summited Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. And only eight of them have been Black. That is one of the reasons that Full Circle, a group of Black climbers and mountaineers, was formed.