From The Trail
By Nathan Oetting - Cnoc Outdoors Impact and Outreach (and Logistics) manager talks about his history as a professional trail worker, the satisfaction that can be found in a hard day working on the trails (professionally and as a volunteer), and how to get into trail work yourself, with lots of suggested organizations!
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by Rebecca Sperry
Hiking has been a way of life for me, for over six years now. Looking back at everything that I’ve accomplished over the last six years, the over two-thousand miles that I’ve hiked solo, hiking almost 50% of the trails in The White Mountains, and most recently, hiking through cancer treatment, I find myself in awe of where I started compared to where I am.
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Hiking has been a way of life for me, for over six years now. Looking back at everything that I’ve accomplished over the last six years, the over two-thousand miles that I’ve hiked solo, hiking almost 50% of the trails in The White Mountains, and most recently, hiking through cancer treatment, I find myself in awe of where I started compared to where I am.
Many young adult adventurers like to say they’ll never have kids because they want to be able to continue to live free and not get tied down. While it is possible that having children may slow you down or switch up the way you adventure, adventures definitely don’t have to stop if you do decide or have decided to have kids!
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Mudpons are mud traction devices for any shoes that offer unrivaled traction in mud and soft snow. In this blog post, Gilad tells their origin story, from dreaming them up on trail, piecing his own testers together, playing with rubber molding, to working with professional shoe designers to get the design just right.
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You might have missed it, but we have joined forces with the great team at Fernweh Food Company, a local backpacking food company (made in Portland, OR) to make some bulk meals. We all are very used to the disposable, one off, backpacking meal (add water and eat) but Fernweh were happy to work with us to reduce packaging and offer a bulk option of 5 meals that can work with the Buc bag.
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