Brandon A. KeloneApr 7, 202036 minWhat I Wish I’d Known Before Hiking the CDT: ColoradoThere’s no way to ever fit an entire thru hike into a book, much less an article or a blog. You’d need a series of books if you really...
Brandon A. KeloneApr 4, 202024 minWhat I Wish I’d Known Before Hiking the CDT: New MexicoI dreamed about hiking the CDT for a lot of years before the opportunity finally made itself available in the spring of 2019, in what...
Brandon A. KeloneMar 21, 202017 minThru Hiking in the Era of Covid-19; Now’s the Time to Show We CareThese are strange times that we’re living in. I really don’t know how to say it any more simply than that. After 34 years of living a...
Brandon A. KeloneDec 16, 201913 min"Base Weight—How Light is Too Light?"In 2015 I met another thru hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail who had taken the trail name “Seventy-Five.” For weeks I’d been hearing...
Brandon A. KeloneDec 15, 201915 min"Lessons from the Continental Divide Trail" [Part 3 of 3]: The UniversalThru hiking changes your priorities. Thru hiking reminds you that water is more important than money, that food is more important than...
Brandon A. KeloneDec 14, 201918 min"Lessons from the Continental Divide Trail" [Part 2 of 3]: The PersonalThe practical stuff is fairly straight forward. It’s basically a list of things that helped me to stay alive and somewhat sane along the...
Brandon A. KeloneDec 12, 201916 min"Lessons from the Continental Divide Trail" [Part 1 of 3]: The Practical There is no singular reason for why I spend months on end hiking across the country. There’s no singular reason for why any of us do it....
Brandon A. KeloneMar 1, 20198 minPost Trail Depression About six months back I found myself staying at a little bed & breakfast for a couple of days before starting out on my last leg of the...
Brandon A. KeloneDec 2, 20184 min"Fear"Fear is an integral part of any long trail that I have ever walked, and I’d like to believe that anyone who tells you that this wasn’t...
Brandon A. KeloneNov 2, 20185 min"What I learned on the Colorado Trail" (Advice for My Future Self or Others)1) Trail towns are not necessarily your friend. *They are sirens. They too easily become places of temptation and sloth. Do not give into...
Brandon A. KeloneOct 2, 20189 min“What is a Thru Hike?”Looking back on it now, I think that it’s funny that I was in the act of thru hiking when I first heard the term “thru hike.” I didn’t...
Brandon A. KeloneSep 2, 201813 min“Why I Never Smoked Weed on the Colorado Trail”If I had known that we were going to have to pass through a border patrol check point, I would have told my ride to take a different...