19 years ago today, I set out from Springer Mountain. Made it to the MA-VT border. Time. Of My. Life!
Good luck to this year's class! Stay safe and have a blast!
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Two years ago today, March 3rd 2024 I began my thru hike of the #appalachiantrail . Little did I know that 7 months and 13 days later, 265 rolls of @ilfordphoto.com film later, I'd complete it. The trail changed my life for the better.
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New collab video with KEH Camera about my #appalachiantrail thru hike and photo book project! Be sure to like, subscribe, and share. #thruhike #thruhiking #theappalachiantrail #fujitx1 #ilford #ilfordphoto #hasselbladxpan #ilforddelta3200 #ilforddelta400 #kehcamera
Here are learnings from before,during,after my thru-hike attempt-from GA through MA. With only 500 miles to go, I quit.
Avoid incompletion. Planning, testing, logistics, gear, pro tips. Learn from my mistakes and get that picture on the Katahdin sign. #hiking #thruhike #writing #appalachiantrail
Morning Inspiration that lasts 24/7!
#natureinspired #Nepal #forester #morning #thruhike #walk #alpineforest #alpinist #trekking #photography #nature #mountain #nopullution #envy #trailrun #bikeshdeshar
EP 47 is the final episode in the WRFI Stories Series, ft. former student Fiona Monahan. We talk about restoration ecology and hiking the Colorado Trail!
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#podcast #wildrockies #coloradotrail #thruhike #restorationecology #ecology #learning #student #adventure #risk
Kaartje van wandelroutes in Denemarken
Jullie weten dat wij van de niet zo alledaagse wandelingen zijn? Dat verandert niet in 2026 🤣 De 220 km lange Archipelago Trail in Denemarken wordt er één van. Fijne jaarwisseling! 🎆 #wandelen #hiking #langeafstandswandeling #thruhike
She Just Became the First Woman To Hike 8,000 Miles in a Year — And She’s Still Going - thetrek.co/she-just-bec... #pct #CDT #AT #thruhike @thetrek.bsky.social www.instagram.com/madisonblagden
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Hiker Trash is the proud, scruffy spirit of long-distance hikers — living simply, chasing trails, loving the dirt, the freedom, and the journey more than the destination. It’s not an insult; it’s a badge of honour earned mile by mile.
#hikertrash #thruhike
Does anyone here #backpack or #thruhike? Would love some friends to geek out with.
#outdoors #hiking #camping #furry #artist #art
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Day 13, Hanoi to Chiang Mai to fight human trafficking! #thruhike #vegan #southeastasia
Een kleine indruk van onze #stauSeeSteig wat een prachtige #wandeling ! #hike #thruhike
My tent in front of a historic wood miners cabin that is on my friends land. UpTop Ghost town, La Veta, CO
Who are your Favorite Outdoor Gear Brands?
Ours include Kula Cloth, MODL Outdoors, PACT Outdoors, and Pillow Strap. For Outdoor Gear Stores, @garagegrowngear.bsky.social is our fave 😍👉 www.lueoutdoors.org/discover-gear
#hiking #camping #backpacking #thruhike #LNT #smallbusinesses #clothing #explore
Two backpackers stand surrounded by sagebrush with low mountains in the distance. They have huge smiles on their faces. They are wearing shorts, trail runners, wool socks, polypropylene shirts, and sunglasses. The young man wears a green safari hat and the middle-aged woman (me) wears a Seattle Mariners baseball cap. In front of them is a neon green miniature version of the Pacific Crest Trail monument that can be found at the two trail ends (border with Mexico and border with Canada). A hiker named Girl Scout made this mini-monument for everyone on 2005 who finished the trail somewhere other than the traditional ending points. Girl Scout brought it to hikers wherever they were finishing their hike. Girl Scout’s action is just a small example of all the Trail Angels, trail crews, government agencies, associations, family and friends who make such an accomplishment possible. I am forever enriched by my time on the trail.
OTD in 2005 @tapirsmith.bsky.social and I finished our #thruhike of the #pacificcresttrail #pct. We hiked over 2600 miles in 5 mos and 10 days, flipping from #kennedymeadows to #manningpark in June d/t high snow in the #sierras. 🙏to my son for sharing it all with me and support from home! Alt text!
A backpacker faces away from the camera hiking through a dry sandy landscape of sage and grass. A few trees are along the hills ahead. The sky is perfectly clear and blue.
OTD 20 yrs ago: After the snowfall we dropped to below 10,000 ft and suddenly we we back in the desert as we neared the end of our #pacificcresttrail #pct #thruhike. #southbound after a flip. @tapirsmith.bsky.social
Two people wearing backpacks stand in a couple of inches of snow among ponderosa pines and a few rocks. The sky is clear blue. The people are wearing sunglasses.
Nearing the end of our #pacificcresttrail #thruhike on the southbound part of our flip, the weather changed! We had hoped to summit #mtwhitney, but snow kept us at lower elevations headed south. @tapirsmith.bsky.social guided us through the snow to Rock Creek OTD 20 years ago!
Jan "Machine" hat den gesamten Nord-Süd-Trail in Deutschland geschafft – 3.700 km von Sylt bis zum Haldenwanger Eck!
Es war eine Reise voller Regen & Sonne, Höhen & Tiefen – und ein Abenteuer, das er nie vergessen wird
🌲🚶♂️ Details & Fotos gibt’s hier:
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Two smiling people stand between rocks with a glimpse of mountains behind them I am in the left with my backpack still on, wearing a turtleneck, my wind jacket and a buff around my baseball cap to cover my ears. I also have a sunglasses clip over my glasses. My son is wearing the green safari hat he found and his wind jacket. He doesn’t have his backpack on because he reached the top way before I did!
A backpacker stands on a rocky ledge carved into a cliff. That’s the trail after the pass. There is some snow on the rock faces. Far below is a rocky basin with several lakes in Tyndall Valley. More snow can be seen on distant peaks. The sky has low overhanging clouds.
Reached #foresterpass highest point on the #pct at 13,153 ft OTD in 2005 on the southbound portion of our #thruhike. @tapirsmith.bsky.social, the VIPs and I left #onionvalleytrailhead at 0730 with full packs. We did 6000 ft elevation gain that day to beat a storm over the pass. Whew!
Two smiling hikers, faces partly shaded by their hats hold up a sign written on their tyvek groundsheet that says PCT hiker to town. They are sitting on a metal box at the Onion Valley trailhead. Their backpacks are behind them and a road is visible in the foreground. There are Rocky Mountains and trees behind them and a clear blue sky. They need a ride to town to get their final resupply box. After this resupply they are headed to the highest pass in the PCT. Thankfully a ride came along soon.
The same two hikers are smiling sitting on a bed in a hotel room with a large amount of food in ziplock bags strewn about the bed. One hiker is wearing the green jungle safari hat he found on the trail. His face is red from days spent hiking in the cold and he has a scruffy beard. His wool sweater has an embroidered raccoon patch on it. The woman (me) also has a blotchy red face from cold exposure. I am holding a black plastic bear canister. All of the food needs to fit in two of these canisters before we head back into the mountains. This resupply was crucial. If we had to wait until Monday to get our box we would have been out of sync with our hiking partners.
OTD in 2005, @tapirsmith.bsky.social and I reached the #onionvalleytrailhead southbound on our #pct #thruhike. Instead of views, today’s memories are of hitching a ride to town and gratitude for the clerk at the closed post office for giving us our final resupply box on a Saturday. See alt text.
Three hikers sit on a rocky ledge looking at the rocky plain with a small lake and the rugged mountains ahead. Their backpacks are scattered around the rocks in front. Pinchot Pass.
Two backpackers descend steep switchbacks through rocks at Pinchot Pass.
One of my hiking buddies, trail name Cedar took this photo of me in the high Sierras. I am facing away from the camera carrying my trekking poles in a vast plain with low vegetation that has turned brown with the autumn chill. There are rocky mostly treeless peaks in the distance with a dusting of new snow. The sky is blue.
Two backpackers are silhouetted in the distance as the descend a rocky trail. Some tall firs li e the trail and the sun is lighting up a tall peak in the distance that has fresh snow. The sky has streaks of grey and white clouds.
20 years ago OTD on our #pct #thruhike we did #pinchotpass 12,090 ft and #glennpass 10,054 ft and saw epic scenery! Over a pass, down a valley, up another pass! #longdistancehiking #backpacking #sierras. Thanks to my hiking buddies the VIPs and @tapirsmith.bsky.social
Two people wearing backpacks stand on a rocky ledge with a mountain and lake far in the distance. The mountain is rocky with snow patches and no visible vegetation. The entire scenery has hints of dry grass in the valley below but is primarily grey rock. The two people are smiling and the younger one wears a green safari hat. He has his arm around the woman (me). I have on a white Mariner’s baseball cap. We are both wearing long-sleeved polypropylene shirts, hiking shorts, and trail runners.
OTD in 2005, @tapirsmith.bsky.social and I were at Mather Pass (12,068 ft) in the southbound portion of our #pct #thruhike. That’s #splitmountain behind us. What a day! #backpacking #jmt #longdistancehiking #sierras
The #sierra memories are coming fast as 20 years ago OTD we were at #silverpass on the #pct southbound on our flip #thruhike. Thanks @tapirsmith.bsky.social for the #trailmemories and to @scottdenkers.bsky.social aka Mission Control!
Right now the ATC is letting hikers decide the 2026 hangtag colors!
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Five smiling hikers sit on a rocky lichen covered crag. The lichen is red and green. Rocky peaks are in the background.
Four people wearing backpacks (I’m on the right) pause high on a ridge with a treed valley far below. Photo by Skittles.
Four backpackers begin a hike across a snowfield with high mountains in the distance.
A young man wearing a baseball cap, marmot wind shirt and zip off pants sits on a lichen covered rock on the edge of a cliff. There is red and green lichen on the rocks and rocky treeless mountains in the distance. Photo by Skittles.
OTD in 2005, our southbound #pacificcresttrail #thruhike gang left #sonorapass. A stunner of a day! #pct #longdistancehiking #backpacking @tapirsmith.bsky.social in fourth photo. Two photos are mine, two by Skittles.
Just because I like something or doing something a certain way doesn’t mean that everyone else has to. You could go sailing every day with a new person and learn a different way of doing something every single time, which is something that I love. #pct #pacificcresttrail #thruhike
🎒 Day 12 of my #SWCP hike — Longrock ➜ Porthleven
Today was all about gear hacks, zero-drop shoes, and lightweight living.
I even managed a smile walking past St Michael’s Mount…
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#SaltPath #Cornwall #ThruHike #CharityHike
Panosteig #Throwback
#photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #hiking #Thruhike #BergischerPanoramasteig #BergischesLand #OberbergischerKreis
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