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Yes, the Small Stuff Matters
How many times have you heard someone say not to sweat the small stuff? Well, I’m here to tell you the small stuff matters a lot. For starters, that single grain of sand in my boot can become an incapacitating blister if I don’t deal with it. The same with a hot spot I feel…
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Letting Go and Traveling Light
My tent in the Chihuahan Desert You become really aware of how much packaging surrounds the food we buy when you have to carry all your trash on your back for days. In fact, you become aware of the weight of everything. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t wonder what else I can…
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Keeping Fear and Misery in Perspective
People keep asking me if I am afraid to be on the trail alone. Yes, I am leery of grizzly bears, icy snowfields, and raging rivers, but my experience driving across country last May was as scary as a lot of things I encounter on the trail. When I hit the deer I thought the…
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Rambling Thoughts While Hiking
By Mary Anderson For a long time I ate no meat, and for a while I was a total vegan. Then I lived on a tiny island near Labrador, Canada, and I realized that being a vegan was not only impractical there, it went against my mammalian nature. If I was to really survive in…
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Just a Struggling Old Lady Who Likes to Hike
I continue to be surprised at how many different ways something can be viewed. When I meet someone hiking down a mountain while I am hiking up, they often tell me, “You’re almost to the top.” I’ve learned this can mean anything from one to three miles. I’ve passed hikers who tell me there is…
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What I’ll Remember: Ennis to Big Sky
Being happy and feeling successful when finding a trail. Losing the trail ten steps later. Hooking up with Jenn, whom I had met on Facebook back in May, and hiking together for three days. Taking thirty photos in a day because the views were so spectacular. Watching a bald eagle soar overhead. Enjoying having sobo…
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