Fred
            During my thru-hikes, I started making a concoction, named "Fred" after the company that initially sold water in
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        I'm Not a Purist
            Some thru-hikers have to walk "every inch of trail". Actual trail.
I'm not like that. To
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Mind Over Matter
            Hiking is physical. No doubt about it. If you do it long enough, say thru-hiking for 6 months, it becomes
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Prepare for Inclement Weather
            It's almost April Fool's Day, but weather on the west coast is not joking around.
It
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Peaking Desolation
            Desolation Wilderness, 60,000 acres of alpine lakes, granite mountains and wind battered tees. Nestled between Lake Tahoe, California and