Thru-Hiker Mindset: The Mental Game
You can be in the best shape of your life, but if your mind isn’t ready, the trail will break you. I learned this the hard way. Three weeks of…
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February 19, 2025
Fear of Failure While Long-Distance Hiking
In a 2017 study looking at fear of failure in over 400 Portuguese athletes, men and women expressed fear in different ways. Fear of shame, embarrassment, and lower self-worth was…
August 28, 2022
Finding Purpose Post-Hike
After the completion of a journey of any kind, from a five month hike to completing a career (professional or sport), we might find ourselves in a crisis of consciousness.…
November 13, 2020
Walking Border to Border to Release Myself From Comparison
Much of my life I have compared myself to others, but why? And at what cost? Even when I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, I found myself…
July 3, 2020