Tag: JMT

So Why Hiking?

thegnomadheart October 25, 2016

I have only just begun telling people my reasons as to why I am now part of the culture that obsesses with the wilderness and long walks through the parks.

My first group hike with Women Who Hike on Saturday was actually when a significant number of people began asking me the “why” question. Read More

Baby Steps.

thegnomadheart October 20, 2016

THERE IS JUST SO MUCH I NEED TO WRITE!

I don’t even know why I keep lagging, I mean, it doesn’t take me that long to create a post, and I definitely have many many ideas about what to express. Plus, it helps with my anxiety so much. I absolutely adore having a place to write everything down. Helps with the brain thing in my skull. Read More

Reassess.

thegnomadheart October 16, 2016

I am grateful that there is so much time between here and next spring. I feel like my feelings are fluctuating and influenced by the simplest and also, stupidest things ever. Read More

The Challenge.

thegnomadheart October 12, 2016

Never would I have EVER considered participating in a thru hike in my life. I really wanted to go to Zion this year, it did not pan out which was okay because we went to Yosemite instead and that was phenomenal. But I kept hearing the thru hike thrown out in the website with Zion information. No idea what that was, and I did not really care. Read More

#Havasupai.

thegnomadheart September 21, 2016

I am not your ordinary girl.

Actually, scratch that. I am probably am the most ordinary girl you can come across. I mean, I do not get in trouble, I don’t drink, or party, or have those crazy nights all of social media talks about. I went to school, have my degree, have a job, applied to grad school, blah, blah, blah. Read More