An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: lifestyle

  • Do you have this luxury?

    OK here goes, Old Jack is going to dig in deep on this one. What items can be considered a luxury? I guess that would depend on who you are and where you are. Living in the United States, I fear we consider many luxuries to be necessities. When I was a young child, my…

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  • Keep Moving

    The back injury was worse. I always had back trouble, but long periods of sitting at my new job had exacerbated the problem. Now I was in intense pain, and could barely walk. I researched everything. Ice, heat, surgery, drugs. What was the answer? No one I’d spoken with told me that surgery was a…

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    two cyclists on a wet black road pedal towards the top right corner of the frame. Green trees and shrubs frame the picture behind them.

  • Finding My Footing

    A month ago, I began experimenting with minimalist, zero drop shoes. My constant quest for the holy grail of footwear continues. I spend a lot of time on my feet, averaging 8 to 10 miles a day. As an obsessed hiker, what you put on your feet matters, and I will never be done searching…

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    A closeup of the soles of a pair of black cross training shoes, showing a hexagonal pattern.