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)
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 – Cam ‘Swami’ Honan on creating one’s own hiking routes
I first met Swami on the PCT in 2012. SweetPea and I got to know him more when he stayed with us for a few days later that year as he passed through the White Mountains near our home while hiking the AT (his final trail in the 12 Long Walks hike). … [Read more...]
Hiker Q & A – Speed Records on the AT w/Snorkel
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...]
Hiker Q & A – Qball on becoming a Triple Crowner…
We've known Qball since our first long distance hike, while he was also on his first. He was at the Lake of The Cloud's hut on the AT (about 300ish miles in for us all, since we were going southbound) when we headed down from Mt. Washington. We … [Read more...]
