Episode 28: The Benton MacKaye Trail

July 29, 2015 By Leave a Comment

In Episode 28, Sprinkles and NoKey tell us about their ultimate thru-hiking summer – walking 1400 miles on four major trails on the East Coast – including the Benton MacKaye, Finger Lakes, Northville-Placid and Long Trails. Forewarning, we spend the majority of the podcast discussing their 20 day, ~290 mile hike on the Benton MacKaye Trail – […]

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A Thru-Hiker Looks At 20

March 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment

It’s been 20 years since I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail.  There’s no doubt, it was a different Trail back then – fewer thru-hikers, no cell phones, and no websites to research the A.T. prior to heading out.  Thru-hikers today are better informed, better connected, and significantly better prepared than when I hiked in 1994.  That […]

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41 Camping Hacks That Are Borderline Genius

January 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Some of these “Camping Hacks” are pretty good.  I’m definitely going to try #9 “Make crescent rolls over the campfire” on our next trip… The complete list of camping hacks are at this link…. http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/camping-hacks-that-are-borderline-genius  

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