Besides the creative name of the new Danner women’s “Zigzag” hiking boots, there are some nice features on these full leather, durable boots. Check out the Hiking Lady’s full gear view of the Danner Zigzag boots, and learn why these are a good option for women with narrow to medium width feet.
One of the most inspiring books I’ve read in the last few years is Greg Mortenson’s best seller, Three Cups of Tea. (See the Hiking Lady Book Review of Three Cups of Tea) Tonight on 60 Minutes they did a story on how Greg Mortsenson, the now famous mountain climber turned humanitarian, potentially extremely exaggerated …
Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in 47 days!?! Jennifer Pharr Davis, an athlete, writer, and motivational speaker is setting out to do just that this summer, hiking all 2,180 miles from Maine to Georgia in record time. She’s thru hiked over 9,000 miles of long distance trails, including the AT (twice already!), the Bibbulmun Track …
Want to stay warm this summer on chilly nights in the mountains or desert?! The you need the Eureka Casper 15 degree sleeping bag! Eureka is generously offering to give one lucky Hiking Lady reader one of these cozy sleeping bags! Here’s how to enter and win!
Have you ever thought about thru-hiking the 2,200 mile long Appalachian Trail? Dennis Blanchard did just that and wrote an engaging book about his journey. What did the Hiking Lady think of it? Check out the new book review! Three Hundred Zeroes: Lessons of the Heart on the Appalachian Trail..
“It is easy in this pompous age to scan the big things of the world and forget to see the small miracles of life around us; the morning light, the flowers, those intimate details of the world that combine to make it beautiful.” – Ansel Adams
Tired of hard to clean water reservoirs in your backpacks? But you still want a convenient way to carry 3 liters of water with you on the trail? Last summer Camelbak updated their reservoir with the new Antidote technology, making it easier to fill and clean their water bladders. Now Hydrapak has come out with …
Ever wonder what it would be like to wear a pair of boots out in the snow for hours that actually kept your toes warm? Women naturally have colder feet than men, so I am constantly bringing along toe warmers on winter outings in my regular winter boots. There is a brand new technology that …
Click on the Hiking Lady “Contest!” tab to find out how you can enter to win a brand new High Peak USA Everest 50+10 backpacking pack! Good luck!
Poor Boots! Don’t feed the squirrels because then they won’t know how to forage for food and survive the winters! Special thanks to the very talented and creative hiker, Geolyn “Boots” Carvin, for letting me share her hilarious cartoons. Her website, On the Trail with Boots McFarland, has many more funny cartoons about the trail …