This post was originally shared on June 27, 2016. I had a nice hike with a new friend a few weeks ago on a new-to-me trail. Almost 7 hours of conversation getting to know an amazing young woman, what was important to her and where she thinks she might be headed in life (at least the first few steps,…
Author: Shannon Leader
How Much Risk Is Acceptable?
This post was originally shared in December of 2016. I love learning new stuff. I love relearning old stuff. It wasn’t a planned thing but last week I was asked by my friend Denise if I wanted to go to the Mountaineers Leadership Conference with her. She is a hike leader and involved in her…
Variety Is The Spice Of Life At Seattle’s World Spice Merchants
Do you think about spices when you want to plan your backpacking meals for the trail? One meal can be made into a variety of others with just a change of spice added to a familiar at-home meal or back-country dish. Let me tell you about my favorite place in Seattle for spice inspiration. It…
Stehekin, Washington: THE Best Gateway Town to Public Lands
This week’s Nature Writing Challenge comes to you with just 20 minutes left to write so you are going to get some pretty amazing pictures instead! The topic is “Where is your favorite gateway town outside America’s public lands and what makes it so great?” Any memorable experiences? Well, if you just finished reading my…
Snuffy’s Final 2013 Pacific Crest Trail Journal August 24
#ThrowbackThursday This is part of a series of journal entries I have made while section hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since 2013 over on Trailjournals.com. I am moving them here to Must Hike Must Eat and updating them with photos (and maybe fixing typos). You can, also, head over to Trailjournals.com and read as many…
What Is It To You What I Eat?
This post was originally published on December 6, 2016. How often do you think about what you eat as being influenced more on social expectation than what your body needs? Does what other people think influence what you eat? When do other people have the right to have an opinion on what you eat?…