Author name: jkessler

There’s a strange magic to thru-hiking that doesn’t exist for other activities. You wake up, hike at least a marathon’s

Just a quick update: We finished the tech route and are in the North Rim. None of us died or got

We climbed up some scaffolding steps seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Up they twisted. From the top of this

I hung out in Pine, waiting for ShortStix to get to town in the morning. Everyone headed toward the “Early

It’s been a hard few days. The topography has taken me from desert scrub to conifererous forests, only to drop

About 15 miles before you enter the Park their lovely faces appear, greeting you like an inflatable, wacky tube dancer.

The trail changes shortly after mile 100. It becomes impossible to mistake it for anything other than Arizona. You walk into desert scrub,

Hello lovelies, I’ve just arrived in Tucson, Arizona!  I’m headed out to start a thru-hike of the Arizona Trail (AZT) tomorrow. In