Stealth Camping Frenchman Mountain
Most people couldn’t tell you where Frenchman Mountain is, and that’s okay. But if you want one of the best views of Las Vegas, Nevada then this is the place to be. Frenchman Mountain is just over 4,000 feet...
Four Days in an Appalachian Trail Shelter
Paul C. Wolfe Shelter. 37.98543,-78.88366 Five miles north of Rockfish Gap on the Appalachian Trail. Rockfish Gap is also the dividing line between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive and the easiest place to get a ride into...
09/25/15
Going to have to go back and figure out where I left off. Sitting in Paul C. Wolfe Shelter listening to the intermittent rain. Got here yesterday after a ride from Yellow Truck. That’s what he said his name...
Hitchhiking to Waynesboro
Swift Run Gap is around mile 65 on Skyline Drive which runs through Shenandoah National Park, and through which the Appalachian Trail also crosses. I’d had enough of hiking. I wanted something else. So I deliberately walked off the...
How Can I Afford to Travel?
“Are you rich?” That’s the question I get most often from people whose idea of traveling is what they may have done for their vacation years ago. That time where they spent way too much money to do too...
09/10/15
It’s raining too much. The bivy without the tarp over it isn’t going to handle this much water pooling up on top of it. Then, for a second, I don’t know what to do. I’m totally exposed. To open...
C&O Canal Thru Hike 5
Finish stealthing @ Lock 46? By Danger Dam Downstream sign? Blisters popped miles before Williamsport. Gas station people no idea where Subway was, sit outside, recharge phone and listen to locals argue about Batman. Mixing up the old show...
Stealth Camping with the US Army Bivy
Bivy’s seem to have a bad reputation when it comes to regular campers. You hear it all the time, “They’re too claustrophobic,” or “They always have condensation issues.” Granted, sleeping in a bivy is not for everyone. Personally I...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 25
The last road walk. That’s how I looked at the last stretch of the Oregon Coast Trail heading south out of Brookings. Honestly there didn’t seem to be a point. Except that I wanted that picture of me standing...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 23 – 24
I don’t always hate road walks. I’ve done my share. But the biggest downfall of the Oregon Coast Trail, besides not being able to sleep in Oswald West SP as a thru hiker, is the 41% of the trail...