For a few years, and many miles, home made beef jerky has served as a substantial portion of our hiking diet. Our friends, Purple and Carnivore (we met them on the AT in 2011), showed us how they make it in the days immediately before we began hiking … [Read more...]
Hammock or Tent Setup – Which is heavier?
This question gets asked of us somewhat regularly when on trail. Like many things that have multiple components and even small complexities - the answer is...it depends. Largely, it depends on how light your ground setup is. When SweetPea and I … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Dead Reckoning
First of all, what is Dead Reckoning? From Wikipedia - “In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated … [Read more...]
Reasons why we keep an Online Hiking Journal
The book that I am currently reading is one on cognitive dissonance. Don’t let the fancy-pants language impress you. So far, what I’ve gathered from Mistakes Were Made - Not By Me, is that our brain works in some crazy ways, we concoct stories and … [Read more...]
Lessons learned on the trail
SweatPea's: When I started hiking my first long distance trail - The Appalachian Trail in 2011 - I was no spring chicken. I was not straight out of college...newly free in the adult world. Instead, I was nearing forty, had been married for over … [Read more...]
