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Post-Trail Gear Review: Appalachian Trail

The only items you’ll need for 6 months, a thru-hiker's gear list fine-tunes the essentials when it comes to living in the outdoors. Here’s the evolution of my gear on the Appalachian Trail.

Appalachian Trail, GearAlexa TubbsMarch 13, 2019Gear Comment

Highlight’s Top 5 Thru-hiker Favorites

My lessons were learned the hard way and the fun way. If I had to narrow it down to five basic items that kept me safe, sane, and happy, this is it.

Camp Cooking, Appalachian Trail, GearAlexa TubbsFebruary 15, 2019Gear, Highlight PicksComment

My Final Days on the AT, What's Next

The journey is not over yet. I still have many peaks ahead of me, and now I have more personal goals than I’ve had in a long time.

Appalachian Trail, Thru-hikingAlexa TubbsJanuary 13, 2019Comment

Altra: My Relationship With Trail Runners

Before my thru-hike I wore Altra. Post-hike, I wear Altra. My choice footwear from hikes in the Adirondacks to waterfall treks in Dominica.

Gear, Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsJanuary 10, 2019GearComment

100-Mile Wilderness

Everything you need to know before you hike in the 100-mile wilderness.

Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsJanuary 8, 2019

Mount Katahdin

Highlight’s SOBO Starter Guide: Mount Katahdin

Appalachian Trail, Thru-hikingAlexa TubbsJanuary 7, 2019Comment

Getting to Baxter State Park

How to choose a summit day, where to book your campsite reservations and travel information make up this part of Highlight’s SOBO Starter Guide. Make it easy on yourself and follow this guideline for a seamless start to your journey.

Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsJanuary 6, 2019 Comment

Highlight's SOBO Starter Guide

Planning a southbound thru-hike is rough. Prepare yourself with this guide and you’ll be on your way to the best experience of your life.

Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsJanuary 5, 2019GuideComment

Four Days in the Smokies: What I Ate, Freezing Temps

I just finished the Smokies and I’m reminded of Maine when everything’s new and you’re totally stunned later at what you’ve just experienced

Appalachian Trail, Camp CookingAlexa TubbsNovember 30, 2018Comment

HLN Interview, Hurricane Florence on the AT

Here’s my phone interview with HLN, a sister network to CNN

Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsSeptember 18, 2018Hurricane FlorenceComment

Before and After, New York and New Jersey on the AT

The landscape was different too, not just me. Both subtle and drastic changes in the terrain, only the seasons provide.

Photography, Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsAugust 28, 2018Photography, New York, New Jersey Comment

Bluebird days in the Whites

The best part of the Whites is the sheer adventure of each day. Days are divided into summits, experiences at the huts, or the day you meet your new trail family.

Appalachian Trail, PhotographyAlexa TubbsJuly 24, 2018New HampshireComment

My 300-Mile Tested Gear List

I believe it’s important to reflect on genuine tested gear lists, so here’s a tried and true rundown of what’s in my pack, including gear and clothes, and my notes…

Gear, Appalachian TrailAlexa TubbsJuly 12, 2018Appalachian Trail, Gear Comment