by Garrett Martin | Oct 15, 2025 | Mixed Bag
How to Train for a Thru-Hike Without Living Near Mountains You don’t need a mountain range in your backyard to prepare for one. Most thru-hikers start training from cities, suburbs, and flat towns—places where the steepest climb might be a set of stairs or a ramp in a...
by Garrett Martin | Oct 8, 2025 | Mixed Bag
Thru-Hike Success Starts in Your Mind: How to Mentally Prepare for a Long-Distance Hike The following is a supplemental guide to all the gear lists, shakedown hikes, gear reviews, YouTube videos, hikers you’re following on social media, books you’ve read,...
by Garrett Martin | Oct 1, 2025 | Mixed Bag
ULA Packing Cubes vs. Conforming Compression Cubes: Two Tools, One System Earlier this year, we introduced our Dragonfly Packing Cubes, designed to pair perfectly with the Dragonfly 30L and 36L packs for those that utilize them for travel. Now, we’re expanding the...
by Garrett Martin | Sep 24, 2025 | Mixed Bag
HIking the Arizona Trail with Mallory “Baja” Jackson The following is a how-to guide for thru-hiking the Arizona Trail by our good bud Mallory “Baja” Jackson. All words and photos by Mallory unless otherwise noted. Gabrielle stuck her hand out...
by Garrett Martin | Sep 17, 2025 | Mixed Bag
How to Choose Your Backpacking Gear: Pt. 3 Cooking, Toiletries, and Everything Else In part 3 of our “Backpacking Gear” series we cover all the other stuff that you’ll need to consider when packing for something like a thru-hike or extended time out...
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