A lot of people have asked me what I’m (always) listening to while I’m hiking. Here are some favorites: PODCASTS: Behind the Bastards (Robert Evans) History of Rome (Mike Duncan) Revolutions (also Mike Duncan) Hardcore History (Dan Carlin) Slow Burn (Leon Neyfakh) More Perfect (Jad Abumrad) All The President’s Lawyers (Josh Barro and Ken… Read More Thru Music
Te Araroa is New Zealand’s long trail. It is 3000km (1860mi) long. It can be thru-hiked. I thru-hiked it. It was fucking wonderful. Te Araroa is a new trail. There isn’t the wealth of information available about it that there is for (say) the AT, the PCT, the Camino, or an E-path or GR. Most… Read More Silver’s Guide to Te Araroa
The following is from an email I sent to the Te Araroa Trust. The rest of the email was me saying THANK YOU. Here’s the other part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are a few suggestions I’ve thought of, on how to make the TA even better. But please know that the Trail is truly smashing and these… Read More Suggestions to the TA Trust
I have thru-hiked Te Araroa – from Cape Reinga to Bluff – the length of New Zealand – 3000km – 4 months – tama tu, tama ora; tama noho, tama mate kai – hikertrash for life. Longest day: 15h45 (Mt Crawford traverse in the Tararuas). Shortest day: that zero I took at Upper Wairoa Hut… Read More Bluff
I am an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker (left Springer on March 7th 2018). I am currently in Invercargill, New Zealand, a mere 30km away from completing Te Araroa (left Cape Reinga on November 14th). I’ve decided to take a few zeroes and wait for tramily to catch up so that we can finish together. So I’m… Read More The AT and the TA compared
There’s a lot of “go big or go home” thinking in wristwatches now. And I think it’s an economically rational decision. Either get something expensive and fuck-you, or wear something that costs $30 and is basically disposable. The middle-market is a study in irrelevance. You can see this by looking at TAG Heuer. As little… Read More Daxel Contra Wristwatches
This is really comparing the gear that I am ending the AT with, versus what I’m taking when I begin the TA. Will have to revist if and when I finish the TA – and compare to when I started in Harpers Ferry! Here are the changes: PANTS: -ditched kilt, because (oddly) it’s more of a cold-weather thing. -instead I… Read More Gear changes between the AT and TA
