Negative Pack Weight

It looks like I've done 50 miles of trail since I started this blog, so that's a good start given the temps this winter. Yesterday, ...

After feeling down about yesterday's hike, I thought I should get right back on the trail, especially since temps were supposed to be in...

When I left home on Saturday morning and headed toward Pere Marquette State Park, I had high expectations for the day. The sun was shining, ...

The day after my hike at Castlewood, I went back to Silver Lake and did the quick 4.5 mile trail there. Actually, it wasn't as quick as ...

I live in a flat, flat area, so it can be challenging to find hills for training. After asking around, everyone told me that the best hills...

It seems sort of weird that the start date of this trip is close enough that I can start stockpiling packaged food, but I saw peanut butter...

Just before the semester started up, I went over to the University of Missouri for a 2-day, 16 hour Wilderness First Aid course put on by  S...