Episode 38: Appalachian Trail Mailbag
Dan and Guthook open up the mailbag and tackle a list of questions about hiking the AT by a listener from Down Under. Also, an important announcement ...
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Whether you're planning a weekend overnight or a months-long hike of the Appalachian Trail, Weekly Hiking Tip will save you time, money, agony, and facilitate a fun, successful journey into the outdoors. Join Dan Feldman, author of Long Distance Hiking and 2-time thru-hiker, each week as he shares backpacking tips from aches and pains to z-rests.
Episode 37: Hiking with Small Children
Hiking with a toddler or preschooler can be a really fun experience and can foster a positive attitude...if done right! In this week's show, Dan revea...
Episode 36: Matt and Julie Urbanski
Matt and Julie Urbanski join the show his week to talk about completing the triple crown, founding a successful running coaching business, and parenti...
Episode 35 Leave No Trace (we really mean it!)
Dan and Guthook explore the wide world of Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and talk about some of the LNT challenges hikers often face: unattended tra...
Episode 34: Carey Kish
Carey Kish, a Maine-based outdoor writer, joins Dan this week and talks about what it takes to put together a solid guidebook and compile the impressi...
Episode 33: Hot Weather Hiking, Skyline Lodge, Ultralighting
The hot weather is back and so is Weekly Hiking Tip! Dan and Guthook talk about staving off heat exhaustion during the height of summer, the Skyline ...
Episode 32: Thru Hike Budgeting Redux
Dan takes another look at what it costs to hike a long distance trail. This time around, both explicit and implicit (opportunity) costs are considered...
Episode 31: Camping on AT in NY, PCT Section Hike Start Points
In this week's episode, Dan pulls a few backpacking questions from the AT and PCT Facebook pages. He talks about where to camp and how to plan a thru-...
Episode 30: Stoves
Smell something burning? That's because Dan and Guthook are all about camp stoves in Episode 30! The guys discuss all major backpacking stove technolo...
Episode 29: Budgeting for Time
How much time should you budget for a long distance hike? In this week's show, using data from 2013-14 AT and PCT thru hikers, Dan talks about all the...