I’m as guilty of engulfing myself in electronic entertainment as the next person; yet from my backpacking adventures I know of a superb entertainment form lost to most of modern culture: storytelling. When you backpack mile after mile, day after day, you find yourself in need of passing the time. Since the climb to the next pass takes awhile, we learned to make stories last. Take, for example, the story of how I got my one and only trail name, Diggerfoot. I could explain this to you in one or two paragraphs, which is what you want if you are in a rush to watch your favorite TV show. Instead, I’m going to recount this and other “Trail Tales” as if we are hiking on the Appalachian Trail together.
In addition to Trail Tales, this site will feature wilderness photography from a variety of backpacking trails, usually posted on weekends, along with occasional features on backpacking equipment. I hope you find yourself well-entertained.
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