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I made most of these mistakes myself. A few of them I learned from watching other beginners on trail. All of them are completely avoidable once you know what to look for. The thing about beginner hiking mistakes is that they’re never dramatic. Nobody trips off a cliff on their first hike. What happens instead […]
The fear of getting lost is one of the biggest reasons beginner women hesitate to hike alone — or hike at all. It’s a completely reasonable fear. But the truth is, learning how to use a compass and map isn’t nearly as complicated as it looks, and it’s one of the fastest ways to feel […]
The first time I hiked alone, I told three people where I was going, downloaded the trail map twice, and checked the weather forecast so many times my phone started suggesting it without me opening the app. I was nervous. Not because I thought something would happen, but because I’d spent years being told that […]
