Tales from the Trail

Pick your pack raffle from Section Hiker

September 19, 2010

Philip Werner of Section Hiker is holding a raffle, and it sounds like a lot of fun. People submit their stories about lightweight backpacking and the winner gets a Gossamer Gear pack. Here’s some of the info: To enter, you must be a section hiker who has hiked multiple sections of one of the following [...]

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Erin: Things learned from the test run

September 17, 2010

Before Adelaide and I set off to conquer the PCT this spring, I wanted to do a practice run so that I could test out my gear and get the hang of long distance backpacking. I intended to do 260mi over 14 days and had to pull out after 9 days because of an ankle [...]

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Erin’s back!

September 15, 2010

Erin has returned from her adventure! Unfortunately, she injured her ankle and had to end her trip early. But she still did an AWESOME 158 miles through some very tough conditions! Way to go Erin! I’m so proud of you. Erin will be sharing some insights from her trip soon. In the meantime, here are [...]

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Camo picture

September 8, 2010

This picture is from back in the day when I studied with TrackersNW. Here I am in camouflage for a stealth exercise. Good times.

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Aubrey is not a fan of the Gatorade sandwich

September 1, 2010

I have now field tested my Gatorade sandwich, and it did not do well in trials. Not very healthy anyhow. I will have to cease all marketing plans for my restaurant called It’s Electrolyte- Boogie, Woogie, Woogie. Reader: That joke was so bad that I’m embarrassed for you. Addy: No need. I’m embarrassed enough for [...]

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Reader Question #17: Healthy Living

August 10, 2010

Allison F. from Houston, Texas Question: You live in Portland, Oregon, land of organic vegetables and locally produced foods. Are you pretty healthy? Answer On one day this week I ate only bacon and pudding. That’s it. For the entire day. The next day was mostly hot dogs, and a poptart, I think. It was [...]

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Becoming the enemy

August 6, 2010

I was recently in an outdoor store checking out backpacks. My Granite Gear Vapor Ki had just arrived, but there was a Golite I wanted to investigate. As I stood there, I overheard a saleswoman helping a father son duo pick out their first packs. She was steering the towards the heavy duty 6 lb [...]

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A mash-up of Dressed in Dirt

July 19, 2010

My hiking buddy, Erin, just finished reading my blog (not something I require any of my friends to do), and she came up with a mash-up of the last year and a half. This may only be funny to us. Here goes nothing: -You met some vegan jerks on the AT (named Strips & Primal) [...]

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