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Help Create Chica & Sunsets’ Hostel
UPDATE: This campaign is now closed. However, if you'd really like to help us, you can go here to donate any amount. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Hi, we are Chica & Sunsets, and we are on the adventurous path to operating a hiker hostel! We...
Camino de Santiago Gear List
Below are two complete Camino de Santiago gear lists, one for the men and one for the women. While walking the Appalachian Trail Chica and I dreamed up the next adventure. We both agreed a trip to Spain to walk the 500 mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela would...
Transitioning From a Thru-Hike Back to Normal Life
Please welcome Philip Sheehy (trail name: Homebound) who is guest posting with us today about reintegration to normal life upon finishing his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Homebound is a 22 year old from New Hampshire. He recently graduated college a semester...
How the Appalachian Trail Wrecked My Life
Please welcome Stacia who is guest posting with us today. Stacia grew up on a farm in the southern-most part of Georgia and was bitten by the outdoorsy bug at a young age, often playing in the woods on her family’s property for hours at a time. But it wasn’t until...
Getting into Hot Water
In addition to articles about the Appalachian Trail occasionally we will post about other travels we have had. This piece of travel writing is an excerpt from my memoir Costa Rica Curious and takes place on our due diligence trip before we moved to Costa Rica. Grecia...
La Sportiva Wildcat Review
Trail runners have replaced traditional boots as the preferred footwear for an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I chose La Sportiva Wildcats for our 2,200 mile journey and this is my La Sportiva Wildcat review. Before making the firm decision of thru-hiking in trail...
5 Ways to beat the heat on an AT thru-hike
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...
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We left corporate America in 2013 to focus on accumulating adventures rather than things. We live a simple yet fullfiled life. We hope you will follow along with us on this journey of life.