We made it through Washington and crossed the Bridge of the Gods into Oregon today. A bit over 500 miles down now, and about 2100 to go. The weather through Washington ended just as it started, with a soaking rain. We did have two sunny, nice days before that though. Those were the only two […]
We made it to Snoqualmie Pass, WA this afternoon, about 250 miles into the hike. To say it’s been wet is an understatement. It has rained or snowed, or both every day. The last few days the trail has been a river of running water, since the snow that had previously fallen over 5000 get […]
We are leaving tomorrow (Monday, October 20th) to get to the start of the trail and start hiking on Tuesday. Pepper and I are definitely in the last minute scramble now putting the finishing details on everything and trying to tie up all the last minute things. Here’s a link to the gear list and […]
You’ll be able to follow along on the trip here once we start next week and I start updating our position (probably once a day or once every few days depending on how long the battery ends up lasting) https://share.delorme.com/JustinLichter
With under a week until we hit the trail, we are scrambling to tie up all of the loose ends. We have made a last minute change to the plans. We have decided to head up to the Canadian border to attempt the trip southbound, instead of northbound. We’ll keep you posted!
Here’s a good blog post on a bunch of new products shown at the OR show this summer. These products will be available next year. (http://gossamergear.com/wp/gear-love/outdoor-retailer-summer-market-2014-will-rietveld-janet-reichl) I saw a couple other products that also seemed really interesting for the UL backpacking community. Vargo Outdoors was showing a prototype Ti crampon that was for running/light uses […]
I do not like to blow things out of proportion like the typical mainstream media, but this has not been heavily publicized and needs to be said. I firmly believe that there is an epidemic on the Appalachian Trail. I haven’t thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail since the winter of 2005/2006. However as an active member in […]
I know a lot of people post on the Outdoor Retailer show. It is a hectic and amazing trade show where all of the latest gear is on display. There are some great write-ups around the web about the show and the latest and greatest products being displayed, like this one from Will Rietveld: https://gossamergear.com/wp/buzz-blog/outdoor-retailer-winter-2014-trade-show-part-1-pre-show-hiking-loads-interesting-new-gear-technologies-lightweight-backcountry-travel and […]
My second book has been released and is now shipping! I am excited to get this information out and to help people experience the outdoors safely and efficiently. The order page should be up on the store soon, but for now you can either order by contacting me through the contact form or by going […]
I am flying out for Mexico tomorrow and will be meeting Cam in Chihuahua. We will then be taking a bus to Creel and then to the start of the walk. If all goes according to plan we will most likely start hiking on Monday afternoon. You can follow along. Locations will begin being displayed […]