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Silhouette of man holding hiking poles against a nature landscape of mountaintop with pasture areas
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

Searching for the Mountaintop in Upstate New York

by Benje Williams March 14, 2022October 18, 2022

A family confronts its racial past along the Appalachian Trail.

Posted inEditor's Pick

One Hiker’s Peak of Desperation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 20, 2021October 19, 2022

“He got lost climbing a 13,000-foot mountain. Could his family, his friends and a bartender named Destiny save his life?”

Posted inQuotes

The Joy of a Pointless Walk

by Carolyn Wells March 5, 2021October 14, 2022

“Maybe walking into some marshes, and deciding at an undetermined future point to stop walking, was what was available to the Romantics, but I think we can do better.”

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Tragedy on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Krista Stevens February 2, 2021October 19, 2022

“Trevor spoke to Doug…“Physically, I’m doing fine,” he said. ‘My body’s just tired because we’ve been doing 20-mile days for eight days in a row.’ It was their final conversation.”

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Mysterious Case of a Nameless Hiker

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 6, 2020October 19, 2022

A friendly and charming hiker was known on the trail as “Mostly Harmless.” After his body was discovered in a tent in Florida, no one could figure out who he was.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 4, 2020October 19, 2022

A friendly and charming hiker was known on the trail as “Mostly Harmless.” After his body was discovered in a tent in Florida, no one could figure out who he was.

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Backcountry Prescription Experiment

by Sari Botton December 2, 2019October 19, 2022

Mathina Calliope goes off her antidepressant and into the woods.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Backcountry Prescription Experiment

by Mathina Calliope December 2, 2019December 30, 2022

Mathina Calliope goes off her antidepressant and into the woods.

Posted inNonfiction

Tramp Like Us

by Longreads September 17, 2019January 27, 2023

Can an American family learn to become outdoorsy in New Zealand, where the natural world is part of the national DNA? Sort of.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

Hiking With Nietzsche

by John Kaag September 25, 2018October 19, 2022

An infirmed Friedrich Nietzsche hiked the Swiss Alps to work on his writing. Philosopher John Kaag followed Nietzsche’s trail, taking the great thinker’s ideas out of his books and into the world.

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