"This is 10 percent luck, 20 percent skill, 15 percent concentrated power of will, 5 percent pleasure and 50 percent pain. . ." The mental side of thru-hiking can make or break the experience. In part, it can be about summoning the will to push a 19 mile day, as I did on May 6
The New England states often get overlooked in regard to awesome and challenging backpacking adventures due to the relatively small mountains(when compared to western peaks), but that is not the case at all. This past weekend I headed to Catskills State Park in New York to spend a night on Devils Path. Devils Path is
As some of you may or may not know, last year I decided to do a little nomading (I made that word up). My plan was to travel across the US of A via the four wheel method. I departed Northeast Pennsylvania on July 29th 2011 with my frequent travel pal Bill and we were