Beardoh and SweetPea, Author at Long Distance Hiker

PCT 24 – Hiker Town

May 30, 2016 by Beardoh and SweetPea

Daily miles 24 Total miles 522 Can hear the coyotes barking close by as we write this. Earliest start for us thus far this am - 5:45am. Not super early, but comfortably early. It was a warm night as well as a warm morning. We both started … [Read more...]

PCT 23 – Lake Hughes and Sawmill Camp

May 28, 2016 by Beardoh and SweetPea

Daily Miles: 22 Total Miles: 498 SweetPea has declared that this day is the most unpleasant day of the hike so far (Beardoh disagrees). Here are the bad and good points of the day...we'll start with the bad so we can end with the good...just the … [Read more...]

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) 2016 – Hiking Plans

April 21, 2016 by Beardoh and SweetPea

It feels like our summer plans have been up in the air for a long time. A year ago at this time, we did not expect to even be in the US right now, but here we are….and since we are here, and summer is coming, we want to hike. The Past Year Over the … [Read more...]

Hiker Q & A – Trail Videos with John Z

March 4, 2016 by Beardoh and SweetPea

There are times during the year when we binge on watching videos that hikers have made of their adventures on long distance trails. Usually this corresponds with the time of the year that we are starting to think of all the trail options for our … [Read more...]

Hiker Q & A – A.T. Winter Thru-Hike – Jabba (The Real Hiking Viking)

February 1, 2016 by Beardoh and SweetPea

Cold weather hiking can be tough. While at home in New Hampshire, we do plenty of winter hiking in the White Mountains. Even at low temps (single digits), we will still see plenty of other hikers out in the mountains - snow shoeing or ice climbing. … [Read more...]

Hiker Q & A – Speed Records on the AT w/Snorkel

June 22, 2015 by Beardoh and SweetPea

We met Snorkel just 6 days into our southbound thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. Having followed her journal that spring/summer, we were pretty stoked to come upon her just as she was headed into the hundred mile wilderness in … [Read more...]

Sierra Mapping Project

May 20, 2015 by Beardoh and SweetPea

A fellow Pacific Crest Trail 2012 hiker and friend, Sara 'BloodBank' Fry is working on a very worthy mapping effort of the High Sierra in California. This is one of our favorite places in the world. Its beauty is immense and unspoiled. Check out the … [Read more...]