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5 Ways to beat the heat  on an AT thru-hike

5 Ways to beat the heat on an AT thru-hike

by Sunsets | Jun 27, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, Friday 5's, Hiking

The Appalachian Trail is famous for its Green Tunnel and one might think with all that shade, sun, and heat are not a problem, one would be wrong. Avoiding hot days on a long-distance backpacking trip is near impossible and over the course of six months and 2,200...
5 Women-Specific Gear Hiking Choices

5 Women-Specific Gear Hiking Choices

by Jen Seymour | Apr 10, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, Friday 5's, Gear, Hiking

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I loved being a woman thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail last year. Yes, I was with my husband, and that was epic, but I didn’t let that take away from the pride I had for myself as a woman. When I was young, and I first heard of the...
5 Brilliant Gear Solutions for Long-Distant Hikers

5 Brilliant Gear Solutions for Long-Distant Hikers

by Sunsets | Mar 23, 2018 | Friday 5's, Gear, Hiking

Gear, gear, gear. It’s easy to get bogged down in the minutia of gear stats when outfitting a long-distance hike. Weight, size, material, multi-use’ness, cost, it seems an unending process to choose what is best. Today’s list is 5 items that can be easily left out,...
5 Free Resources For The AT Thru-Hiker

5 Free Resources For The AT Thru-Hiker

by Sunsets | Feb 15, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Friday 5's, Hiking

Some of the resources that a thru-hiker needs or wants are available for free in various formats. Here are my 5 favorites. 1) GPS and in-phone maps: The Hiker Bot app is a free tool that can take the place of Guthooks. Sadly, it is not yet available for Apple...
5 Lies Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers Tell

5 Lies Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers Tell

by Sunsets | Feb 2, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Friday 5's, Uncategorized

Most Appalachian Trail thru-hikers start the trail as a neophyte and end it as an expert. Along the way they learn that some of the things they had been told about the trail just aren’t true. These are five of those things for us.  1. Virginia is easy/flat...
5 Reasons To Hike As A  Couple

5 Reasons To Hike As A Couple

by Jen Seymour | Jan 25, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Friday 5's, Hiking

Before we left on our AT journey, several people asked us if we were sure we sure we wanted to hike as a couple, to be together day and night, in the woods, with no regular showers … for 6 months!??  Were we crazy? Not in the least. When Sunsets and I quit our...
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