Category: Hiking

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Hiking for Beginners: 10 Tips to Start Exploring

Everyone has to start somewhere, right? If you’re not ready to embark on a multi-day hiking journey, hiking day trips are the perfect place to start. Beginner hiking can be exploring your community’s local trails or venturing for the day in a state or national park, there really are a lot of options to get…
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The 14 States of an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker

Despite growing up on the east coast, I first learned about the Appalachian Trail in 2011 when I was 25. I met my best friend, Jeremy, while we were serving together in the Air Force. We lived in Georgia, about 200 miles from the Appalachian Trail, or the AT. We bonded over outdoor activities like…
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