Advice
Tips for Lightening Your Pack Featuring The Real Hiking Viking
Looking for ideas on how to reduce your pack weight? We grabbed the Real Hiking Viking to get his advice and tips for lightening your pack weight, specifically for three-season...
I’ve Decided I Want to Thru-Hike. Where Do I Begin?
You’ve done the research, you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you’ve talked with friends/family, and finally you’ve made the decision. You’re going to do a thru-hike. Now what? With infinite...
Things I Wish I’d Known Before Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Going into a thru-hike with no prior long-distance hiking experience means there are a lot of unknowns. From how much food to bring to whether to buy all your shoes...
Beginner’s Guide to Day Hiking: Winter Hiking Clothing
It’s beginning to look a lot like.... winter. With the vast majority of the trails surrounding me (OK, all the trails) coated in snow, I figured this was the perfect...
How to Section Hike Virginia IV: Waynesboro to Front Royal (Shenandoah National Park)
Distance: 108 miles Terrain type: A mixture of woodland trails and ridges, with a relatively consistent elevation profile Difficulty: Easy to moderate Best seasons: Spring or fall Start: US 522
A Guide to Plus-Size Gear and Clothing for Backpacking
If you're anything like me (and the fact that you're reading this tells me you are), then you have had a hard time finding proper gear for backpacking and hiking. When...
Three Strategies for Dealing with Heartburn while Thru-Hiking
My 2017 PCT thru-hike didn’t quite go as planned. Due to some medical issues, I went home from Lone Pine and took about five weeks off-trail. After sorting myself out,...
Water Off, Hikers On: Short Course in Sustainable Trail Design
There are times when you can learn to do something right by initially doing it wrong. And then there are times when you think you're doing something right, but you're...
Hiking New Hampshire’s “52 With A View” List
The 52 With A View list of mountains, also known as the “Over The Hill Hikers,” comprises 52 mountains in New Hampshire that have an elevation of under 4,000 feet...
Mailbag with Jennifer Pharr Davis: To Become a Mom or To Adventure?
Welcome to Mailbag with The Pursuit of Endurance is available now. Have a question for an upcoming Mailbag? Email editors@thetrek.co and we’ll pass it on. If your question is chosen for our next
