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,...
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...
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...
by | Jan 8, 2018 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Gear, Hiking
This post was initially a contest where we gave away a backpack strap water bottle holder. That giveaway has ended. Still, this is an incredible, useful product, please continue reading. All along our thru-hike we received oohs, ahhs, and questions about the water...
by Jen Seymour | Dec 19, 2017 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Feet, Foot gear, Hiking
You know what’s crazy? I hiked 2,189.8 miles without EVER getting a blister. Not even one! You know what’s even more crazy? Neither did my hiking partner, my husband – Sunsets. We were on the trail for 179 days, taking 21 zero days, and did not change our system the...
by Jen Seymour | Dec 9, 2017 | Appalachian Trail, AT, Foot gear, Hiking
I’m a Salomon type of Chica. 4 pairs in just under 2 years, in fact. I first tried the Salomon XMission3’s when I was training-hiking in Costa Rica, and then in Wisconsin. I started my AT NOBO (northbound) thru-hike with my 2nd pair of XMission3’s (March, 2017). About...
