Smoky Mountain Homecoming
Discovering a sense of home while hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains. Have you ever felt at home somewhere you’ve only been once?
Read More Smoky Mountain HomecomingChoose Adventure, Change Your Life
Discovering a sense of home while hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains. Have you ever felt at home somewhere you’ve only been once?
Read More Smoky Mountain HomecomingSome primal lizard part of my brain will always scream High Places = Doom.
Read More Heights, and The Art of Turning BackMy book about thru hiking the Appalachain Trail after my big gay divorce is well underway!
Read More Book Update!The Hiking Thru Podcast interviews long distance hikers about life on the trail. Check out Part 1 of my conversation with host Erin Egan here!
Read More Hiking Thru Podcast InterviewI started my Appalachian Trail thru hike two years ago on March 24, 2017. I heard about the AT six months prior when I was reeling from a blindside divorce, desperate for a huge change. It only took a few weeks of Googling to reconfigure everything in my life to make it happen. The 2200 […]
Read More The Challenge of Following New Thru HikersThe Saturn Returns Podcast features stories with a clear before and after. I discuss hiking the Appalachian Trail as a gay man and my new life in Alaska.
Read More Saturn Returns Podcast InterviewA thru hike is a gift and my dream is that every solo woman on the edge gets that little push. With each woman who takes to the trail, the world gains another Mountain Goddess Warrior.
Read More All By Yourself?! Thru Hiking as a Solo FemaleJake Treks will soon feature new voices and perspectives on changing your life through outdoor adventure.
Read More First Guest Post InboundI hope to spark momentum in anyone who feels like an outsider to their ambition. Whatever your personal Katahdin looks like, you deserve to summit it.
Read More Starting My Appalachian Trail BookI hope to spark momentum in anyone who feels like an outsider to their ambition. Whatever your personal Katahdin looks like, you deserve to summit it.
Read More I’m Writing a Book