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
17 Things Scarier Than Bears On The Pacific Crest Trail
As we learned from the absurd questions asked of Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers, people are mostly interested in hikers' thoughts on the "scary things" out in the wilderness. Basically: bears, mountain lions, and murders. Why people are so fixated on bears and murders? The last (and only)
The Thru-Hiker Superiority Complex
You just hiked thirty miles, and now inside your sleeping bag, an hour passed sunset, you study your maps and find a river twenty-six miles from your campsite. This is where you will camp tomorrow. And it will be glorious. You imagine your spectacular mountain river bath, you can see your
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