Blissful Hiking

Fulfill Your Hiking Dream! Here to help fellow hikers by offering wisdom, ideas, and lessons learned from a two-time AT North and South, Long Trail, Foothills Trail, Allegheny Trail, Colorado Trail, Florida Trail, BMT, Pinhoti, Arizona, Shenandoah Nat'l Park 500 miler completions. Former AT Ridgerunner for six years. Author and Speaker on Hiking and Backpacking. 15,000 miles and counting

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Showing posts with label Gear. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Gear. Show all posts

Thursday, February 05, 2026

My 5 Nonessential Essentials in a Winter Hiking Trip

While trudging along the trail this past week, enduring frigid temps with cold winds that can cut through even my heavyweight fleece, I t...

Sunday, January 05, 2025

Hiking in the Winter

Winter snow and ice on the Pocosin Hollow trail in Shenandoah National Park A day hike in the winter can be a wonderful experience. Col...

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The Arizona Trail - Part One

Hiking the Arizona Trail was a totally unique experience in the realm of hiking. I’d hiked over 10,000 miles, mostly in the East, but Ari...

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Where Should I Go? Six Things to Consider When Determining Your Hiking Trip

There are so many places. So many trails. So many adventures waiting to be had. Lots of trails. Lots of choices. What to do? Whe...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Can’t Backpack Right Now - 7 Things You Can Do Instead

Ok, if you are like me right now with the pandemic, watching your hiking plans evaporate for the time being, wondering when you will be ...

Friday, March 06, 2020

The Spring Backpacking Gear List

The spring backpacking season is here! Use or adapt this gear list to prepare for a spring backpacking adventure in the east and have a gre...

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

My Gear Favs

Here are some of Blissful Hiking's favorite gear picks - I love this stuff... As I tell others, some collect shoes and what-have-you - I...

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Gear List from an Appalachian Trail Thru Hiker

Other hiker gear lists You never can have too many to compare! Sharing this post from our files of an alternate gear list for an Appalach...

Thursday, February 21, 2019

What Worked and Didn’t Work for Me on a Long Distance Trek

Things I have heard to take on a long distance trek that just don’t work for me. Sorry. Case in point - 1. Duct Tape – this is the...

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Wow, I Hurt from Backpacking! 9 Ways to Prevent It

"Oh, do I hurt!" You’ve likely heard and said those words many times after a backpacking trip. That unpleasant feeling of soren...

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Lightening that Backpacking Load

One of the things I love to do as a hiker advocate, educator, and ridgerunner is helping hikers eliminate unnecessary weight from their pac...

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