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 ...
Summer plans, “bike racing” and camping by, Bryan Banducci
After not getting into the JMT lottery this year, I took some time to reevaluate my trip priorities for the year. A trip to GSMNP previously written about here was an early season highlight, follow...