While thru-hiking the Arizona Trail this spring, I thought it would be fun to make a Bingo sheet for future AZT hikers. I kept a running list of possible squares while hiking, and finally started working on it in earnest this week.
Here’s what I’ve created: Read more
In this post you’ll find a big list of the vegan meals/snacks I ate on my AZT thru-hike. I hiked with a pocket rocket stove and 750ml pot.
First, I’ve included a little context explaining why I ate as I did on trail:
Background on My Diet
Thru-hike Preparations
A Note on Zero-Waste
And then I move onto the food:
Today I sat down to look at the past two weeks (it’s been three weeks now since I finished the trail!), reflect, and try to bring some focus to the coming month.
A very brief trail recap for some context: My two months on trail in Arizona were filled with much joy, calm, sunshine, gratitude, connection with nature, face-to-face connection with humans, and daily journaling. I gained confidence, inner strength, and physical strength. I finished the trail a different person from the young woman who began hiking in March.
I stayed very much in the present throughout the hike, so it was a shock to the system to return to the midwest on May 15. Read more
