Friday, July 24, 2026The Big Year: Episode 2 - The Year
The plan looks clean on paper. Then you start hiking. Episode 2 lives inside a CYTC year: the spreadsheets that go out the window three days in, the w...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026Dark Miles - If I Slow Down with Casey "Vegas" Huffman
Casey “Vegas the Pied Piper” Huffman, 2023 Appalachian Trail and 2025 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker, broke both ankles in a climbing gym fall on Dece...
Saturday, July 18, 2026When the Wand Breaks - Casey "Vegas" Huffman
When we last left Casey "Vegas" Huffman in November, he was riding high after completing the PCT and the Long Trail in a single season, boldly promisi...
Friday, July 17, 2026The Big Year: Episode 1 - The Call
What makes a person decide to hike three of the longest trails in America back to back, in a single year? Episode 1 traces the idea from a bar sign in...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026The Full Traverse - Mr. Fabulous is Everyone
In 2012, the most metrosexual Black man in New York City packed a razor blade, 42 pounds of gear he didn't know how to use, and zero experience — and ...
Monday, July 13, 2026The Full Traverse - Mountains Don't Care with Ben "Ginger Ballz" Vaughan
He spent 22 years in the Navy knowing exactly what came next. Then he retired, chased the money for a while in government contracting, and eventually ...
Saturday, July 11, 2026The Full Traverse - Thoughts on a Zero Day with Eddie "Bard" Janicki
Most people who hike the Pacific Crest Trail ditch the heavy stuff after the first week. Eddie "Bard" Janicki ditched the harmonica and the neck stand...
The sixth and final episode of The Source Material, and the last word on The Barkley: A Love Story.
The documentary opened with 11 words: 'I gotta cl...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026Walking Away From a Life That Worked - Jeff "Bluey" Lewis (Part II)
In which Bluey reveals that the actual hero of this story might be his wife, who responded to "I'm thru-hiking the AT" with the emotional equivalent o...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026Walking Away From a Life That Worked - Jeff "Bluey" Lewis (Part I)
A man walks away from 16 years of nonprofit leadership because he saw his future self check into a conference in Orlando and decided he'd rather smell...
Monday, July 6, 2026The Full Traverse - Hike or Die with Wesley "Megaman" Tils
He quit a promising boxing career to become a Mormon missionary, quit the missionary thing nine months later to go live in the woods, fled a posse of ...
Saturday, July 4, 2026Trail Stories - What Would Your Dead Self Say?
At 40 years old, 16 years into a nonprofit career he was good at, Jeff Lewis stood by a hotel pool in Orlando and watched his future arrive — a parade...
