The ability to loco-mote is an amazing skill, and being able to walk is really a miraculous thing. It takes a lot of body parts working...

I have seen animals go silent just before the earth started to shake. They sensed the tremors coming. In some parts of the world, people...

How many times have you heard someone say not to sweat the small stuff? Well, I’m here to tell you the small stuff matters a lot. For...

You become really aware of how much packaging surrounds the food we buy when you have to carry all your trash on your back for days. In...

People keep asking me if I am afraid to be on the trail alone. Yes, I am leery of grizzly bears, icy snowfields, and raging rivers, but...

I continue to be surprised at how many different ways something can be viewed. When I meet someone hiking down a mountain while I am...

I slowly and painfully lift my stiff body from a sitting position on the ground. I stare at my pack, willing it to levitate into position...

Thru-hiker: Someone who does the whole trail. Section hiker: One trying to do whole trail in two or more years. Sobo: Doing it from north...

It happens every time I walk into a grocery store. I feel overwhelmed by all the possible selections, and my brain seems to shut down. I...

Korongo blogger Mary Anderson is making a solo thru-hike of the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail, a journey of healing that she began...

I’ve heard it said “Timing is everything.” While it may not be everything, it certainly can have huge impacts. Timing is important in...

Mary entered the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana on July 2 and emerged nine days later. She is now in Scapegoat Wilderness and reports...

The person who makes the first ascent of a mountain gets a lot of recognition and glory. Yet that ascent was most likely accomplished...

Walking through one of the most gorgeous places on earth. Doing it again the next day and the next. Walking by at least a dozen...

Mary wrote this post in May, just before beginning her southbound thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail. She is now in Glacier Park,...

Yesterday (June 26) Korongo blogger and CDT thru-hiker Mary Anderson (aka #MaryBadass) reached Triple Divide Pass in Glacier National...

I know I am not alone in imagining the worst possible scenario when something bad happens. My car breaks down and I expect a big bill. My...

“Long 15 miles tomorrow with one of harder snowier passes. Heavy pack as just resupplied. And thunderstorms in forecast.” —Satellite...

Editor's note: Mary wrote this post on June 21, the day she began the southbound portion of her thru-hike of the Continental Divide...

News, a thank-you, and a timeless post on the art of self-arrest June 18: “I just completed the first 201 miles from South Pass City to...