Continental Divide Trail Thru-Hike Day 1-41 from Glacier NP, Bob Marshall, Scapegoat, Big Sky Cutoff, Yellowstone, and Tetons!

Hi! I’m writing to you from Teton Village, Wyoming. It’s a small ski-resort near Jackson, Wyoming. First, thanks for following along and sorry for the lack of blog updates. I’ve been mostly posting to Instagram – www.instagram.com/jackjoneshg and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOVv1zGOyziaydXRuaEpjWF60Dsjo4Z2k I’ll catch you up in this post about everything that’s happened in the first month and a half of the hike. Patrons …

Arizona Trail Day 1-7 Bikepacking from Mexico to Canada

Hi! I’m writing from Tucson, Arizona. Mile 140 of the Arizona Trail. It’s been a while and I’m going to keep this post fairly short. Between updating daily on Instagram and putting together a 10 minute video when I get to a town I find myself stretched too thin to do much blogging. I’ll just give you some highlights and …

My 2018 Adventure Plans(Thru-hikes and thru-bikes)

It’s time for more adventures! I went through a long period of deconstruction in 2017 after my Appalachian Trail thru-hike and finally feel like I’m integrated and whole again. The AT hike made me question everything about life, down to the most basic fundamental question of “who am I?” In that process of discarding old beliefs and old patterns of …

10 Day Vipassana Meditation Retreat Experience

The beginning of an article is always difficult for me. I’ll stare at the white blank and run sentences through my head to try to find one that feels right. Sometimes this process can take hours. Today I felt that same block. After about ten minutes of writing and deleting sentences I gained an awareness of a pressure in my …