5 Tips for Backpacking Alone

OK, so you’re looking to travel into the backcountry on your own or as a solo hiker.  Either you have no friends or family and you are truly alone in this world, or the thought of being with your friends and family in the backcountry causes an uncontrollable twitch in...

Minimize Muscle Soreness on Your Hikes

The title says it all! This article is about minimizing muscle soreness when you hike – key word, MINIMIZE. So don’t go following the advice of this article and whine that your muscles were sore yet you did everything I said. Minimize is not the same as eliminate. And...

9 Essentials for Desert Hiking

While hiking is a fun way to get unplugged and a great workout, it is an activity that can lead to to very remote places with a big delay in rescue in the event things just don’t go as planned. Add the intense and unforgiving desert environment to the mix when you are...