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Em on Hiking

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An Appalachian Trail 2000-Miler and backpacking instructor shares trail stories, hiking tips, and other related info.

Added on: Jan 15th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Em Stecker
Listed in: Outdoor Recreation Spirituality
Tags: hiking outdoors Thru-hiking Backpacking Appalachian Trail spiritual journeys

Recent Posts

Gear List for Backpacking in the Summer

Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 08:36

As a public service to those who are relatively new to hiking, I have just published a free e-book in which I describe the gear I use for backpacking in the summer. The title is An Annotated Gear List for Backpacking.I have an interesting mix of feel...
And They're Off! (NOBOs, That Is)

Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 14:41

As April comes to a close today, the majority of this year's "class" of northbound Appalachian Trail thru-hikers (a.k.a. "NOBOs") are on trail.Some started in February (a few even earlier) and some will start in May, but the majority of NOBOs have to...
Key Hiking Principle #3: HAVE FUN!

Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 13:54 in fun, individuality, teaching hiking, teaching backpacking, hike your own hike, reasons to hike

This is the third of three key principles I share when I teach backpacking. Like some of the ideas in key principles #1 and #2, it seems perhaps a no-brainer, but let's not give it short shrift. After all, I have met plenty of people who, on learning...
Key Hiking Principle #2: Hike Your Own Hike

Posted on Friday February 27th, 2009 at 07:05 in individuality, teaching hiking, teaching backpacking, hike your own hike

Hiking is an individual sport. You get to make your own decisions and you get to live with the consequences. This is just one way in which hiking is a metaphor for life: there's no right way to hike any more than there is a right way to live.The wide...
Key Hiking Principle #1: Health and Safety

Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 06:50 in health, safety, risks, teaching hiking, teaching backpacking

When I'm teaching backpacking, I like to share three key principles. In this post, I will speak to one of these: health and safety.Everyone wants to stay healthy and safe, both on trail and in street life. When hiking, the risk of illness or injury ...
Permethrin to Repel Ticks

Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 12:40

Ticks, especially deer ticks, are well-known pests on trail. In reading hikers' stories, it seems to me that the number of long-distance A.T. hikers getting lyme disease is only increasing.Doing a tick check every day is essential, but far from foolp...