by Collin Stuart Chambers
One beautiful winter’s day in 2010, I was day-hiking with a dear friend just a few weeks before leaving for my thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Her former career had been as a successful surgeon of podiatry. So, naturally, I frequently asked her about concerns with...
by Collin Stuart Chambers
Do you get attached to your shoes? I know I do… and like most of my other trusted loved-to-death hiking gear, it can be hard to let go of things that accompanied me on so many wild and wonderful adventures. My favorite hiking boots and shoes inevitably become...
