Tips to Safely Navigating Creek Crossings by Francisco "Karate Kid" Miller
With spring coming and the hiking season getting ready to ramp up, I figured this would be a great time to go over a relatively basic but often overlooked subject; safely assessing and navigating c...
How Backpackers Are Going To Save The World by Rue McKenrick
It was Autumn in New Mexico near the southern terminus of the Continental Divide Trail. I was finishing a thru-hike I had begun in at the Canadian border. Panning the great expanse a disturbing qu...
Ruckin' Season by Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa
The Orginal ALDHA-West Ruck in Cascade Locks, OR, circa Feb 2013 Seven years ago, I was a new board member at ALDHA-West (American Long-Distance Hiking Association -West) and came up with the idea ...
Sometimes I Sit and Think... ...and Sometimes I just Sit by Ted Leeming
As a landscape photographer, I guess I am most at peace in the great outdoors. I am, however, no serious through hiker, runner, swimmer or climber and I feel humbled in the presence of many who po...
A little bit of training and a lot more fun, by Joshua Winters
So you want to go on a backcountry hike? Fantastic. The next question is do you want to Crush the hike and have a great time or struggle through each mile, dread each climb, feel crushed by the we...
Ruckin' Season by Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa
The Orginal ALDHA-West Ruck in Cascade Locks, OR, circa Feb 2013 Seven years ago, I was a new board member at ALDHA-West (American Long-Distance Hiking Association -West) and came up with the idea ...