Tips & Tricks

Oboz Trail Tales: Water in the Desert

By |June 15th, 2016|2016 posts, Adventure school, Current|Comments Off on Oboz Trail Tales: Water in the Desert

Sage shares 6 factors for planning your water needs in the desert in her most recent Oboz Trail Tales blog post. Water planning for desert trips can be daunting, but the rewards of travel in dry places can be well worth the effort. Sage goes over 6 factors she juggles each trip in order to plan her water.

It’s Hike Like A Girl Weekend!!

By |May 13th, 2016|Current|Comments Off on It’s Hike Like A Girl Weekend!!

I’m not sure where this new holiday came from, but I’m glad it exists!
What does it mean to hike like a girl?
 It means hiking with awareness, curiosity, and joy.

Sometimes for me hiking like a girl means putting on a skirt, painting my nails, braiding my hair, getting dirt all over my legs, mud in my shoes, scrapes on my knees, sticks in my braids, and sweat stains on my shirt. It means reading a map & the lay of the land. It means being willing to get lost, and finding myself again. It means taking care of myself when I twist an ankle, get hungry, need to find water, or have to fend off raccoons at one in the morning. It means laughing at myself. It means dancing down the trail. It means scrambling over boulders & glissading down snow slopes. It means climbing mountains. It means skinny-dipping in alpine lakes. It means smelling flowers, and remembering to take my allergy meds. It means getting out of my warm sleeping bag on freezing mornings before the sun rises. It means staying up late reading a book as my headlamp batteries die. It means finding horned lizards, snakes, birds, dead things, flowers, pine cones, tadpoles, sparkly rocks, and perfect snow flakes. It means the world to me to be able to hike, and I feel lucky to be able to hike like a girl.

I wish everyone could have the chance to get out and wander around in nature. Moving alone in wild places can make a soul sing, but many people never let themselves try it. It took me a while to realize I could backpack by myself, alone, solo. Many of my friends and […]

Oboz Trail Tale: Mentorship

By |March 1st, 2016|2016 posts, Adventure school|Comments Off on Oboz Trail Tale: Mentorship

Sage shares 5 tips for finding a hiking mentor in her latest Oboz Trail Tale. Discover how having a support network has helped her solo hiking career. Mentorship can help hikers have more success on the trail

Last minute gifts for hikers

By |December 22nd, 2015|12 Gifts, 2015 posts, Current|Comments Off on Last minute gifts for hikers

Sage shares 4 more ideas for cheap & functional hiker gifts. Most of these 4 gift ideas are things you can put together in the last minute, & will make your hiker smile. Try drying some fruit or veggies, make up a batch of trail cookies, or dig out a handful of freezer bags to stuff your hiker's stocking with.