Create Your Own Adventure

So you’ve been inspired, and traveling has consumed your every thought. That’s awesome. Welcome to the planning stage. Although the extra job and countless hours of work to save up for the big trip aren’t exactly thrilling, I promise you it will all be worth it. Here’s a little advice to get the ball rolling…

General Advice

• 13 Ways to Start Seeing the World on a Budget
• Backpacking on a Budget – How We Manage Long Term Travel
• It Doesn’t Have to Be a Thru-Hike
• Appalachian Trail vs Pacific Crest Trail
• Traveling in Central America on a Budget

Backpacking Advice

Food

• How to Make Dehydrated Backpacking Food
• Vegan Backpacking Food for Any Distance
• Our PCT Food Resupply Strategy (Part 1)
• How our PCT Food Resupply Strategy Played Out (Part 2)

Gear

• Material: The First Step to Understanding Backpacking Gear
• What You Actually Need for a Thru-Hike
• Gear List – What We Brought to the AT 2015
• Gear List – Ultralight Gear for the PCT 2016
• Every Ounce Counts – The Importance of Ultralight Backpacking

Gear Reviews

• Hyperlite Mountain Gear 2400 Windrider Ultralight Pack
• Big Agnes – Copper Spur UL2 Backpacking Tent
• Enlightened Equipment Enigma Down Quilt
• Thermarest Sleeping Pads – ProLite and NeoAir
• Sawyer Squeeze Filter
• Dirty Girl Gaiters
• Buff Headware

Get Inspired – Work and Travel

• An Inside Look at Teaching English in Thailand
• Winter Work at a Ski Resort – Stratton, Vermont
• Working in a Winter Wonderland – Togwotee Lodge, WY
• Life as a Bicycle Tour Guide in Alaska