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Trip report: West Highland Way, September 29-October 4th. DNF due to a misbehaving uterus 😆💀. My health is slowly getting better since moving to England and I've been able to do longer hikes each time I go out, so I'm proud of myself 😊

Made it to Inveroran (about 65/96 miles | 105/155 km), then bus to Kingshouse since I had a reservation at the bunkhouse. I will be back to finish it!

Gear was great as usual, no issues. Pack weight was about 18lbs/8.5kg with food/fuel/water (had about 6 days worth of food) and my Nashville Cutaway 30L was great as always. I also added my trusty High Tail Designs waist pack for the first time and actually didn't hate it! I have sensory issues so anything around my waist/hips is usually a no-go (one of the reasons I use a frameless and hipbelt-less pack).

Met a lot of cool people along the trail, and also had plenty of much loved alone time where I could unmask and do my witchy stuff 😆🔮

#westhighlandway #nashvillepack #vivobarefoot #hightaildesigns #witch

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It’s time to celebrate cottage gear makers with the Cottage Gear Giveaway from @garagegrowngear + @backpackinglight | $15,000+ in gear being given away from dozens of awesome cottage gear brands!
Link to enter in bio!

#backpacking #cottagegear #ultralightbackpacking #garagegrowngear #backpackinglight

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10/10 picnic spot

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@clingstongear hammock and underquilt. Craftmanship at it finest 🏕️

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*CLOSED* We are celebrating our 8th birthday by giving away 9 prize packs from 42 different outdoor gear brands!

Can you believe @treelinereview is 8 years old!? It’s Treeline Review’s 8th birthday! Its wouldn’t be possible without you and the fantastic community of outdoor gear brands that we love!

To celebrate, we partnered with 42 other outdoor brands for our biggest giveaway yet!

HOW TO ENTER: 🌲 head to the entry post and click the link in our bio!🌲

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T minus 3 days til October which means 3 days til the #erasethetracechallenge begins!

We have some epic prizes lined up for you and last year everyone that participated won something!

Here are the official rules for the 2026 Erase The Trace Challenge (ETTC) #EraseTheTraceChallenge:

This is a United States ONLY challenge. Sorry, many of our partners are unable to ship prizes out of the US.

This is a Instagram Only challenge.‍

Challenge extends from Oct. 01 (12:00 AM) thru Oct. 31 (11:59 PM) MST.

ONLY 1 POST/REEL PER DAY. Many locations can be cleaned up during that day. Total your weight collected and share that in your daily post/reel. No participant can have more than 31 entries.

Take “BEFORE” photos or video of location with litter or trash.

Clean location up. Micro trash is as important as the larger items.

Take “AFTER” photos or video of location and bagged trash.

Weigh all trash and litter collected from each location. Either a photo image of the scale read out or posted total weight will qualify.

Use the hashtag #EraseTheTraceChallenge and tag @responsiblestewardship in the post/reel.

Follow @responsiblestewardship to stay up to date on the ETTC.

Boom! You’re entered into the challenge. Weights from each entry will be added throughout the month of October and prizes will be awarded in accordance to the total amount that the participants collect.

Our public lands, outdoor spaces and communities are the real beneficiaries of this challenge. Many of our challengers go on to continue to cleaning up areas because they see the positive impact they made in their local community.

OUR 2026 GOAL IS TO REMOVE 20,000+ LBS!!!!

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Trip report: Affric Kintail Way - end of July. DNF-ish due to a stolen stove and gas canister, so I couldn't eat my food; hope that person was genuinely hungry and not just a shitty person 😑😆. First midge experience, 2/10 wouldn't get eaten alive again. Everything else was stunning, and I will return again. Gear choice was great, no issues at all as per usual 🙂. #hiking #scotland #nashvillepack #vivobarefoot #bigagnes

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This weekend Cecile and I hiked 40 miles through the Three Sisters Wilderness including a late afternoon summit of an amazing pass between South and Middle sister on an unmaintained trail.

#hike #adventure #volcanoes #bend #photography

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Another fantastic multi-day group backpacking trip in the books for Pachaug State Forest in CT (and a little
ASMA in RI). This one had a mixed bag with everything from summer-like thick humidity, rain and plenty of mosquitoes to cool, crisp temps and sunshine enhancing the hints of fall colors that are beginning to appear throughout the forest. 🌲 🍁 🏕️

A great opportunity to also put some more miles on the homemade gear and get out with some old favorites.

#guidedtrips #hiking #ultralightbackpacking #outdoors #newengland

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Back in July @elizasampey asked if I'd take her on a mountain adventure when she comes to Colorado to coach mountain biking, and of course I said fuck yeah, bike or hike? She replied foot or both, but given that we had only 3 days and I get carried away when making combination routes, we opted for some good ol' footsporting.

This would have been called simply "Monarch Pass to Cottonwood Pass Traverse" but shit went a bit sideways, so I propose one or all of the following titles:

"The Fuckening: Amanda, Liz, and Lightning"

"This Goat Trail is Dragging Us Down" or

"Sandbagged by Gaia."

We experienced firsthand what eerie sound mossy wet slippery tumbling trashy talus makes when a strong electrical field is building (and it's not what you'd expect). We both expressed being scared and resolved to make prudent decisions regardless.

We laughed so hard we couldn't move. We were pleasantly surprised when the sky cleared the first night to reveal a lunar eclipse neither of us knew was coming. We hid under a tarp, we were cold & wet a few times, we groaned and giggled about it. We saw a couple GIGANTIC moose, a few mountain goats, and several rainbows of unimaginable scope.

And the third day we made it to Cottonwood Pass before dark! Unfortunately my truck took a beating from a suicidal deer (RIP buddy, I'm willing that visual to fade from memory) but Liz calmed me down, taped my truck sorta back together, and drove us home in time for victory cheeseburgers.

Thanks to @bex.hwrd for the shuttle and of course to Liz for playing outside with me.

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Oh August, what a beautiful month you were 🥲

Here’s a little photo/video recap of the month. I know I’ve been a little quiet on here, but a lot of life has been happening these past few weeks, so much so that I’ve barely had any time to edit (or sleep, really). August truly slipped away & I’m not quite sure how it’s September 5th already.

After spending the first couple weeks healing my ankle & doing lots of work, the second half of the month was jam-packed. It was filled with hiking, backpacking, time with friends, camping with my parents, & of course, some good live music. And then I moved apartments at the end of the month, just to add to the chaos.

So much good happened this August & I’m incredibly grateful for all of it.

Some gratitudes for the month:
📷 Thanks to @jp.huerta for pic 2!! We randomly met on a trail we were both backpacking & learned we have SO many mutual friends haha. Super random, but I’m so happy we crossed paths and had so many good conversations.
🐞 Seeing @noahkahanmusic live was incredibly special. I resonate with his music so deeply & have basically played it nonstop all year. His new album dropped when I was in Yosemite earlier this year & I remember so vividly listening to “End of August” as I was driving around the valley…it was magical ✨
🏠 A huge thanks to my Bham fam for helping me move. I wouldn’t be where I am without all of you 💕
🧚 Grateful for @hamabear & our good hiking yaps. We always have the best days together.
🎒Grateful for the thru-hiking community & getting to meet so many awesome people through it. Had such a fun time at the @thetrek.co meetup in Seattle!
💛 So grateful for all the people in my life – my friends and my family. & a huge thanks to my parents for coming out to WA to watch my dog and help me move.
🥾 Grateful for my body & all the big mile days it can handle, but also for all the experience I’ve gained over the years that lets me trust myself out there. I went on a pretty hard & VERY solo backpacking trip (more on that later) that tested me physically and mentally. It was quite literally the most alone I’ve ever been on a hike.

It was a chaotic, exhausting, & beautiful month. Thanks, August 🫶🥹

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