Thru-Hiking Adventures
I’m Veggie and my partner is Karma.
I (Veggie) have thru-hiked since 2008 and Karma since 2014. We love it so much that we re-organized our lives around it.
Recently, we completed the Grand Enchantment Trail (GET) and the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) for ROUND TWO.
Our first trail of 2024 was the Desert Winter Thru-Hike!
Our second trail of 2024 will be…🥁..the Portuguese Camino!
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Current Hike: Portuguese Camino
My Mom deemed 2024 her “70th Birthday Year” and she said that meant she got TWO bucket list trips!
Portugal was on her list, so we’re heading to the Camino (Caminho in Portuguese)!
Thru-Hiking TRAIL BETA
- Where to Camp While Thru-Hiking the Oregon Coast Trail
- Lowest to Highest Route: Badwater Basin to Mt Whitney
- Desert Winter Thru-Hike: Everything You Need to Know
- Oregon Coast Trail: Best Tips for Your Thru-Hike
- Scottish National Trail: Ultimate Guide to Your Thru-Hike
- Pacific Northwest Trail: A Lesser Known, But Awesome Thru-Hike
- Comparing the 3 Big Desert Thru-Hikes (AZT, GET, HDT)
- Hayduke Trail: What You Need To Know
- Arizona Trail Resupply: How to Buy As You Go
- Arizona Trail Thru-Hike: The Complete Guide (With Gear List)
- The Bottom Line about Water in the Desert (GET)
- The Best Grand Enchantment Trail Resupply Strategy
Camino(s) de Santiago
- Camino Primitivo: Everything You Need to Know
- Camino Frances: How To Walk The Distance
- Ultimate Guide to Hiking the Portuguese Camino de Santiago
- Food on the Camino de Santiago: Plant-Based Options
- How to Avoid Blisters While Hiking & Blister Treatment
- How to Check for Bed Bugs on the Camino de Santiago
- Camino Finisterre Versus Camino Muxía: To the End of the World
- How to Hike the Portuguese Camino Coastal Route
- Camino Portuguese Routes: Everything You Need to Know
- Lisbon to Porto on the Camino: Is it worth it?
- Lisbon to Santiago Itinerary: A Quick Portuguese Camino
- Porto to Santiago Itinerary: Easy Pace on the Camino Portugés
Thru-Hiking Insights & Tips from 18,500+ Miles
- How to Avoid Blisters While Hiking & Blister Treatment
- How to Make 2 Dehydrated Chinese Food Backpacking Meal Recipes
- How to Make Your Dehydrated Camping Meals Taste Better
- How to Dehydrate Spanish Rice for Backpacking Meals
- How to Dehydrate Beyond Beef for Backpacking Meals
- How to Make Homemade Vegan Dehydrated Backpacking Meals
- How to Best Cache Food on a Thru-Hike
- 5 Easy Steps to Build Your Off-Trail Navigation Skills
- Best Ski Season Jobs to Make Money for Thru-Hiking
- 15 Ways to Kick Post-Trail Depression in the Butt
- Thru-Hiker Slang & Lingo That Will Blow Your Mind
- Why I Thru-Hike in Sandals (Even in the Desert)
- The Ultimate Guide to Having Fun on Road Walks (CDT Edition)
- How to Prepare for a Thru-Hike
Gear Garage
- Best Thru-Hiking Backpacks: 13 Backpacks, 17 Years & 20K+ Miles
- Camino Packing List: What You Need and Don’t Need
- How to Wash a Hiking Backpack: Full Tutorial
- How to Clean a Tent after Camping All Summer
- SMD Haven Tent: A 4500-Mile Couples Tent Review
- Ultralight Thru-Hiking Gear List For Your Epic Backpacking Trips
- Backpacking Umbrella: Everything You Need to Know
- 5 of the Best GPS Thru-Hiking Apps
- Six Moon Designs Swift X/V: A 4500-Mile Review
- 5 Thru-Hiking Gear Items You Need to Buy in Advance
- 18 Best Presents for Hikers Under $25 in 2025
- Our Complete CDT Gear List as a Couple
- Backpacking as a Couple: The Best Ultralight Thru-hiking Gear Guide
Grand Enchantment Trail (GET)
- Grand Enchantment Trail: The Ultimate Thru-Hiking Guide (With Map)
- The Best Grand Enchantment Trail Resupply Strategy
- The Bottom Line about Water in the Desert (GET)
Continental Divide Trail (CDT)
- Our Complete CDT Gear List as a Couple
- 9 Hacks for How to Thru-Hike in Grizzly Country
- Insane Idaho/Montana Border Roller Coaster of the CDT
- Continental Divide Basin in Wyoming: Why It’s Awesome (Even in The Heat)
- CDT in Colorado: Lightning, Hail, and Wicked Awesome Views
- Is the Continental Divide Trail Dangerous? Perspective of a 2x CDT Thru-hiker
- The Ultimate Guide to Having Fun on Road Walks (CDT Edition)
- CDT New Mexico: Northbound Versus Southbound
- How to Prepare for a Thru-Hike
Veggie’s Thru-Hikes
- 2008 Camino de Santiago Frances
- 2009 Camino de Santiago del Norte
- 2010 Appalachian Trail (nobo)
- 2011 Colorado Trail
- 2012 Pacific Crest Trail (nobo)
- 2015 Continental Divide Trail (sobo)
- 2016 Pacific Northwest Trail
- 2017 Hayduke “Trail”
- 2017 Camino de Santiago Primitivo
- 2017 Oregon Coast Trail (sobo)
- 2017 Wonderland Trail
- 2017 Low to High Route
- 2018 Appalachian Trail (sobo)
- 2019 Arizona Trail (nobo)
- 2019 Scottish National Trail (nobo)
- 2022 Continental Divide Trail (nobo)
- 2023 Grand Enchantment Trail
- 2024 Desert Winter Thru-Hike
- 2024 Portuguese Camino
- 2025 Oregon Coast Trail (sobo)
Karma’s Thru-Hikes
- 2014 Kalalau Trail
- 2014 Pacific Crest Trail (nobo)
- 2015 Continental Divide Trail (nobo)
- 2015 Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2016 Arizona Trail (nobo)
- 2016 Pacific Northwest Trail
- 2017 Hayduke “Trail”
- 2017 Oregon Coast Trail (sobo)
- 2017 Wonderland Trail
- 2017 Low to High Route
- 2018 Appalachian Trail (sobo)
- 2019 Arizona Trail (nobo)
- 2019 Scottish National Trail (nobo)
- 2022 Continental Divide Trail (nobo)
- 2023 Grand Enchantment Trail
- 2024 Desert Winter Thru-Hike
- 2024 Portuguese Camino
- 2025 Oregon Coast Trail (sobo)