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There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes from being two miles into a hike and realising you’ve forgotten something important. I’ve turned back for a forgotten water bottle. I’ve arrived at a trailhead without downloading the map. I’ve reached a summit in freezing wind without a warm layer because the morning looked sunny. A […]
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 […]
The first time I packed for a hike as a woman, I brought way too much of the wrong things and not nearly enough of the right ones. A full change of clothes, three different snacks that all came in heavy glass jars, a book for the summit, and no proper navigation beyond my phone […]
