Late September saw my return to the Arizona Trail to finish this 800-mile adventure that began in the spring in Mexico. This time I would start the adventure at the Utah border and head south, some 450 miles, back to Roosevelt Lake where I ended in mid-April after completing 350 miles. This type of trek is commonly referred to as a "flip-flop" thru-hike. I began in Utah and traversed
Hiking the Arizona Trail was a totally unique experience in the
realm of hiking. I’d hiked over 10,000 miles, mostly in the East, but Arizona
was the farthest west I’d traveled for a trail. Here are some practical observations after
hiking 350 miles of it from mid-March to mid-April, beginning at the border and hiking to Roosevelt Lake.The border. I hiked down to the border with a friend
The Pinhoti Trail is a 337-mile trail starting at Flagg Mountain Alabama in the southern Appalachians and extending up into Georgia to meet up with the Benton McKaye Trail. It is also part of the Eastern Continental Trail or ECT that spans from the Keys in Florida all the way up to the International Appalachian Trail or IAT. I've had the opportunity to hike a good deal of the ECT, of which the
While trudging along the trail this past week, enduring frigid
temps with cold winds that cut through even my heavyweight Polartec fleece, I thought
about those things that some may not consider essential but you are sure to find
in my pack on a winter hiking trip.
1. Cell Phone - an important tool especially
if the trip goes wrong. Doubles as a camera, too, if you happen across the icy
(Repost of a section hike and lessons learned)
Continuing my third round of completing the Appalachian
Trail with a lengthy hike of over 120 miles. My only catch this time is I had
eight days to complete it. Thus it required me
The climb north to Buzzard Rock yields a great view
to do heftier
miles for longer periods of time (averaging 15 miles) and without rest. It also
occurred during a
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