Today’s lightweight, robust and portable electronic devices have completely transformed backpacking, making it so much more accessible and convenient for us all. But Phones, PLBs, GPSes and Satellite Messengers are different tools with different strengths and weaknesses. Here is what you need to know for electronic Navigation and Communication on Trail.

Learn from other hikers sharing personal stories and tips to manage health-related challenges to hike some of the best walks in the world. You can too!

Everything you need to know about lighter toiletries for hiking and thru-hiking. Shaving, hygiene, hair, teeth, toileting, skin, sun and insect protection, laundry, meds and menstruation: we cover them all.

Most serious hiking mishaps happen due to human factors: emotions, fatigue or decisions that we make, rather than gear or environmental factors in isolation. This article explains WHY we make poor decisions. It covers the human factors — particularly our own minds — that negatively affect decision-making and safety.

This article is to inspire older folk to try something you might not have tried before, or which you haven’t done for years: a multiday hike. Age is no barrier!

Managing health and chronic conditions during the hike: Rest assured that, for very many chronic conditions, someone with that same condition has done a multiday hike! We provide some tips to help manage them.

Many people are mystified by the appeal of long-distance hikes. Walk, eat, sleep, repeat. Rain, heat, cold, exhaustion, discomfort. For months on end. Rest assured: the rewards are so much greater than you think. Here’s how to reap those rewards.

Walk, eat, sleep, repeat. Rain, heat, cold, exhaustion, discomfort. For months on end. Rest assured: the rewards are so much greater than you think. In this post we cover issues on the track: HYOH, Injuries, Routines and Rituals, Distractions, Chronic Conditions, Embracing Suck, Gratefulness, Catastrophising, Rewards and Resourcefulness.