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 Leave No Trace. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Leave No Trace. Show all posts

Saturday, May 23, 2020

Hiking in a Post Viral World

Blissful Hiking Adventures Podcast Episode One - Hiking in a Post Covid World – (Show Notes) In this inaugural episode, host La...

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Campfire Talk

Okay, let's talk campfire lingo. Snap. Spark. Heat. Glow. Entertainment. S'mores. People-pleaser. Fires seem to be the mainsta...

Friday, April 21, 2017

Town Etiquette for Hikers

It happens every year on the Appalachian Trail. Yet another trail provider has discontinued its use to hikers because of bad behavior. ...

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Trail Maps – Why Bother?

Being a frequent contributor to hiker forums, I have seen the Appalachian Trail map debate time and time again. And time and time again I...

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Observations of a Summer Appalachian Trail Section Hike – Bland to Catawba, Virginia

This summer my ridgerunning job ended early, allowing me to continue my section hike of the AT in a quest to compete it for my third time. ...

Thursday, May 05, 2016

Plan Ahead and Prepare for that Trip!

I thought it was good to repost this. I was out during the FIRE in Shenandoah recently and found hikers woefully unprepared for what was ...

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Caring for the Wilderness

I have just completed my third season as the ridgerunner for Shenandoah National Park. Inevitably I encounter hikers who ask me then –...

Saturday, September 05, 2015

The Meaning of Life and a Trail - A Walk in the Woods Review

A Walk in the Woods will certainly generate AT interest. But not in the way some might think. This movie is essentially about two ...

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Why "A Walk in the Woods" will be A Nightmare in the Woods (updated)

Today I am seeing all over the clip for the movie coming on Labor Day. "A Walk in the Woods" with Hollywood’s Robert Redford. I s...

Thursday, March 12, 2015

When to Use the Phrase “Hike Your Own Hike” (HYOH)

HYOH!! I have seen the phrase Hike Your Own Hike (or HYOH) used quite frequently on hiker forums and Facebook groups when it come...

Monday, November 03, 2014

Being Considerate of Others on the Trail

We share the trail not only with woodland companions but with other hikers, hunters, wanderers, pets etc. It's important that the o...

Monday, April 28, 2014

Trail Maintainers - the Unsung Trail Angels of Hiking

It's that time of year when trail crews are out tackling the issues of trail maintenance that come up on trails like the Appalachian Tra...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

10 Things I Dislike About Backpacking...

Okay, here it is. The ten things I dislike about backpacking. Created WHEN I was backpacking last week, of course... 1. A thunderstorm tha...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Running Jersey Ridges - Guest Blog on the Life of an AT Ridgerunner Part 1

Blissful Hiking Welcomes Guest Blogger Jerry "Grasshopper" Adams who shares the life of a ridgerunner working New Jersey and New Y...

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