Hiking Boots Blog

And you thought you met them all. From The Pacer to The Frozen Beard, we point out 13 more folks you could potentially encounter on the trail.

Maybe you’ve seen them. Maybe you haven’t. Chances are you will meet them someday.

Nature attracts us with its beauty, its promise of serenity and its utter unpredictability. The wilderness calls out with a challenge attracting the most daring to places like Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. Then there other lesser-known places equally as dangerous—where death might be more eminent than when scaling one of the tallest mountains. Well, [...]

Looking to expand your hiking social circle? Or have a trail-related question that’s been tugging at your coat tails? Well, you’re totally in luck. HikingForums.net Climbing community provides a MySpace-like social network that allows you to interact with your hiking peers by sharing photos, videos, news and articles. Even as we write this, there are [...]

We traverse through the backwoods in order to get away from it all — to leave all that technology and noise behind. So, exploring the wilderness with an iPhone in tow is kinda an oxymoron, right? Maybe. However, trekking completely bereft of simple technologies (like a compass, for instance) can be slightly dangerous depending on [...]

Inspired by the oh-so clever minds at Indecision Forever, we conducted a thorough Google search for 10 long, excruciating minutes to bring you only the best Top 10 lists for the year. But to be completely honest, we have no idea if all (or any) of these lists were published during the 2009 calendar year. [...]

Last week we mentioned the upmost importance of bringing your own water along on a hike, and at the very least, boil it before you drink. The amount of random and disturbing creatures lurking in our natural water sources is a tad bit alarming — not to mention the added cocktail of chemicals and further [...]

Most advise traveling light, especially when you’re only planning a short ramble. However, you never know when that two-mile hike could turn into a day-long expedition. And if you don’t bring the basics, you could potentially put yourself and your future self in harm’s way. We pared down lists of 20 or so items to [...]

Escaping that ugly, real-world grind with a nature hike through mazes of swaying trees with those cuddly little forest animals scampering about is one of the best things you can do to ease your mind. While taking it all in — the crystal-clear skies, the almost-intoxicating air, the completely surreal solitude — what’s the last [...]

Already planning that spring hike? Or perhaps cold-weather treks are more your thing? Whatever the season, there are 10 utterly serene and stunning locales that you won’t need a passport to penetrate. 1. Tongass National Forest Being that it’s the United States’ largest forest, Tongass National Forest is statistically guaranteed to have plenty of breathtaking [...]