I tried to break the news gently, but now time for willful ignorance has come to an end. The Pacific Crest Trail Association, the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have all officially requested hikers to postpone or cancel their thru-hikes (in related news,
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Update March 19, 2020: The Pacific Crest Trail Association, the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have all officially requested hikers to postpone or cancel their thru-hikes. A month ago, it may have been difficult to imagine that what you may have thought
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If you missed the first installment of the "things scarier than bears" series, then be sure to check out it out: 17 Things Scarier Than Bears On The Pacific Crest Trail. To continue the tradition of pointing out realistic threats to hiker safety the PCT (and discrediting the bear-fearers), I
Getting Drunk On Tap Water In Brazil
No place is perfect, and with every pro must come a con; because folks, this world is a zero-sum game and there is no winner without a loser (you want to tie all the time? What are you, some sort of Obama-loving socialist?). So in Brazil, like many places around the world, the con that comes to
The Dengue Fever (Yes, It Kills You)
For any of you thinking of traveling to Brazil, there is something you should know (something that everyone conveniently forgot to tell me before I arrived here). What is this thing? It is the dengue fever (dankey for short). What is the dengue fever? Besides a potentially life-threatening