Top 10 Tips for Visiting Ghana
I spent two and a half weeks in Ghana with my girlfriend who studied abroad there while in College. We visited both the Northern and the Southern parts of the country. We stayed in hotels, hostels, guest houses and even stayed with a local friend. I ate all kinds of food and met so many…
JMT 2018 – My 10ish Days on the John Muir Trail
I just got home from this year’s attempt at solo thru-hiking the JMT Southbound. I struggled at first, but shortly fell into the groove of trail life. It is a truly a beautiful trail, but it is definitely frickin hard! My body ended up breaking down too much for me to complete the trail again…
My Beautiful Struggle – The Mental Side of Solo Hiking (part of) the JMT
Just before the sunset, after I had set up my camp and made my dinner, was when I struggled the most. When I hike solo I am alone with my thoughts. Maybe more than I’d like. I am not quite a person that thrives in prolonged solitude, as I deeply enjoy human interaction. I love…