In Part 2, Shane Weigand gets into what it actually takes to run New Mexico Pack Burros as a going concern while holding down a full-time federal job ...
Most backpackers obsess over ounces. Shane Weigand measures his pack weight in burros. Shane is the founder of New Mexico Pack Burros — guiding wilder...
Monday, June 15, 2026The Full Traverse - Lady Unicorn
Christine Reed found the Appalachian Trail on a blog she stumbled across at a desk job in Arkansas, and within minutes she'd walked into her mother's ...
Saturday, June 13, 2026Trail Stories - The Burros Built it
Shane Weigand came to New Mexico from Montana with zero stock experience, tried to get a llama, met a llama, and bought a burro off Craigslist instead...
Friday, June 12, 2026The Source Material: Episode 2 - Runners and Crew
The second bonus episode of The Source Material, the complete archive from The Barkley: A Love Story.
Forty people enter the Barkley Marathons each y...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Itchy Feet - Will "Last Strap" Roquemore (Part II)
In Part 2, Last Strap gets into the PCT itself — and the thing that made it harder than it had to be. His biggest fear going into the trail was someth...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Itchy Feet - Will "Last Strap" Roquemore (Part I)
Will Roquemore goes by Last Strap on the trail — a name handed to him by a friend who instituted a rule that he was not allowed to partake in any extr...
Monday, June 8, 2026Trail Correspondent Austen Goehring - Follow Up
HTR Trail Correspondent Austen Goring stepped onto the PCT at Campo with a plan, a heavy pack, and every intention of walking to Canada. Seven days an...
Saturday, June 6, 2026Trail Stories - Will Roquemore
Will Roquemore goes by Last Strap on the trail, a name earned before the PCT even started, handed to him by a friend who instituted a rule that he was...
Friday, June 5, 2026The Source Material: Episode 1 - Ground Zero at the 2025 Barkley Marathons
This is the first bonus episode of The Source Material, the complete archive from The Barkley: A Love Story, a three-part audio documentary from Hiker...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026Aging Adventurously - Lori Balue (Part I)
What if the reason hiking feels harder after 50 has nothing to do with age? Lori Balue is a functional diagnostic nutrition and metabolic restoration ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026Aging Adventurously - Lori Balue (Part II)
In Part 2, Lori Balue gets into the adventures that prove the work. She's been returning to the Grand Canyon every year since 2016 — first with excruc...
