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Here's What It Takes to Hike a Long Trail For even the experienced weekend backpacker, long thru-hikes like the Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT), and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) can seem like a whole new league. Two nights in the woods becomes five months, leaving work early on Friday turns into quitting your job, boots will collect thousands more miles, and every extra pound becomes that much more crucial. But at the same time, trails like these are showing up on more and more people's life-lists. That's for good reason: They're spectacular! But how do you go about preparing to hike for months at a time? Trails like the AT, CDT, and PCT can take hikers anywhere from five to seven months to hike end to end in one go. That's a lot of walking! In any case, your exact timing depends on your personal fitness and experience, the weight of your pack, and generally how fast you want to go. While some hikers go ultralight and fast (the AT has been hiked in under 46 days), a better experience might be taking the trail at a more leisurely pace to enjoy the scenery and new locations. That being said, section hiking these trails is just as legitimate a way to complete the route. Do it piecemeal, one smaller section at a time, as it's convenient. Some hikers spend their entire lives slowly chipping away at the entire route. Part of the experience of hiking a long trail is checking out the towns along the way, eating good food, and occasionally getting off the ground to freshen up in a hotel room. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the average hiker on that trail will spend approximately $1,000 per month of hiking on food, lodging, permits, etc., though that's probably still far cheaper than your everyday life! Keep in mind, however, that the startup costs associated with getting the right gear can be a lot. If a good baseline for backpacking is to carry 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of food per day, for a six-month hike, you would start out with more than 360 pounds (163 kilograms) of food in your pack — you won't get very far like that. Instead, where the trail passes through or nearby towns, most hikers will resupply and carry only as much as they need to get to the next resupply (this might involve hitchhiking to the town grocery store and back to the trailhead). Another common practice is to plan ahead and mail food to the post office in towns where it might be in short supply, so you can pick it up when you come through. Trail towns are trail towns for a reason. At the height of thru-hiking season, spots along any of these routes fill with hikers looking for a place to take their boots off, grab a shower, eat some food, and pack up to head back out. Most people in the area are willing to lend a hand to thru-hikers, including by giving them a lift into town. In any case, follow some best practices and safety precautions to keep the locals' impression of hikers on the up and up. When Joe McConaughy broke the Appalachian Trail speed record in 2017, he did it completely unsupported with a 25-pound (11-kilogram) backpack. Most thru-hikers packs will weight slightly more than that, but for thousand-plus mile hikes, every ounce is scrutinized a lot more than it would be for a shorter backpacking trip. Lightweight gear is something hikers can spend months agonizing over. That being said, a good baseline is that your backpack should come in at somewhere around 10 percent of your body weight. With a trip this long, it's best to avoid a really detailed itinerary — it's sure to get messed up quickly and often. The unexpected is constantly happening on the trail, so it's best to remain flexible. Most hikers will carry enough guidebooks and maps to be able to pick their campsites and make plans a few days ahead of time. Trail angels are volunteer locals who enjoy helping out thru-hikers at certain sections, providing food, lodging, beta, hot showers and more. You're likely to run into a charitable local along your hike willing to help you out. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, only one out of every four thru-hikers that starts the journey completes it — typically due to injury (overuse injuries are common among hikers who start too hard too fast), running out of money, or needing to head home for family emergencies. Hiking these trails is hard and demanding, requiring a lot of physical and mental stamina and determination. But they are also some of the most rewarding experiences for an adventurer to experience and you're almost guaranteed to come out of your hike with a different view on life and some of the best stories you'll ever have. Get stories like this one in your inbox each morning. Sign up for our daily email here. 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Want to Climb a Mountain? Here are 5 Peaks Perfect for Beginners In the mountain adventure world, just like anywhere, it's best to start small. Whether you're just getting into hiking and camping around peaks or you have your sights set on someday climbing bigger, snowier, or steeper mountains, some places are better to start than others. Regardless of your mountain pursuit, these are the best peaks to lay the foundation and get off the ground. Colorado's 14ers (the 53 peaks in the state that reach 14,000 feet/4,000 meters or more) have a reputation as being especially hard. That's mostly because of their elevation, which ranks all of these mountains as some of the lower-48's tallest. Granted, they are tall, and all but the most prepared and fit will likely feel the effects of the altitude at least a little bit (nausea, headaches, shortness of breath, etc.), but that doesn't make them unattainable. Take Grays Peak, for example, a classic first-timer's summit in the Front Range. The summit may be at 14,267 feet (4,348 meters), but you'll start hiking at 11,240 feet (3,426 meters). You'll climb just over 3,000 feet (900 meters) in a quick 3.6 miles (5.8 kilometers) along easy trails from the trailhead to the summit — a stiff day, but by no means a slog, which makes Grays one of the best introductions to hiking mountains you'll find in the Rockies. Feeling good on top? Tack on another 14er, Torreys Peak, less than a mile away. A 23-mile (37-kilometer) backpacking trip through Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains might sound like jumping into the deep end of backpacking, but this route through Shenandoah National Park is one of the best places for beginners to wade in. Break it up into a few days, limiting your daily mileage to between 5 and 7 miles (8–11 kilometers). From the top of Hawksbill Mountain, the park's tallest peak, you'll have wide-ranging views of the surrounding hills and valleys, enough to get you hooked on hiking a section of the classic Appalachian Trail from Hawksbill Gap south toward Elktown. It's hard for anyone to hang out in the Pacific Northwest and spend much time staring at the snowcapped volcanoes that dot the region without dreaming of climbing one. They may conjure up images of crampon- and ice-ax-clad mountaineers roped together, wearing huge puffy jackets with headlamps strapped to their helmets — an idea that wouldn't be inaccurate for a lot of the Cascade Mountains — but there are easier places to start. Mount Adams, though the second tallest peak in Washington at 12,276 feet (3,741 meters), is one of the more mellow mountaineering objectives in the area and a great place to get the hang of some of the basics. The South Spur route was once so simple that miners regularly made the trek up to supply sulfur mining on the mountain. During the late summer, you'll be fine with regular hiking boots, but during the spring and early summer, the moderate slopes are a great place to practice with crampons and ice axes without fear of falling all the way down the mountain. Get to the top of this volcano for a view of Mount Rainier, and you'll be itching for a more technical peak in no time. If you want to pick up rock climbing and be hooked forever, whet your whistle in California's Yosemite Valley, which surrounds El Capitan. You might recognize El Cap as the site of a handful of news-breaking rock climbs in the last few years, exemplifying the 3,000-foot (900-meter) wall as one of the world's more famous — and most difficult — rock climbing destinations. But the Yosemite Valley is far more than just El Cap; it's also one of the most storied, historic, and scenic places to be introduced to the sport.Find friends with experience setting up anchors and belaying, or hire a guide service to show you the technical side of things, then safely start scrambling up any of the Valley's coarse rock slabs (a smooth piece of rock), cracks (a face with a crack in the rock that you can use to shimmy up), or chimneys (a gap in the rocks that you can shove your whole body into). Not only will you be learning while surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, but you'll be climbing rock that's so high quality, even the most experienced climbers still dream of it. Apart from being known as having some of the world's worst weather, New Hampshire's Mount Washington is a mecca of winter activities. Winter hiking is a challenge and the high winds and extreme cold on its upper slopes (even though Washington's summit only rises to 6,288 feet/1,917 meters) make it one of the best mountaineering training grounds in the Eastern United States. The bowl of Tuckerman Ravine is one of the most classic backcountry ski destinations on earth. But another winter sport for which Mount Washington and its surrounding valley stand out is ice climbing. All over the region, you can spot climbers with spikes on the feet and ice tools in their hands climbing their way up frozen waterfalls. At lower elevations, the region holds some of the best beginner ice around, and up high, the gullies of Huntington Ravine fill with thousands of feet of ice, making Mount Washington a bucket-list destination for ice climbers of all levels. Get stories like this one in your inbox each morning. Sign up for our daily email here. Ready to get started? 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Huashan Teahouse Serves the Most Dangerous Tea in the World The harder you work for something, the more you'll enjoy it. That's why people appreciate gifts that they have to put together themselves. Knowing that, the tea at Huashan Teahouse has got to taste fantastic. Why? Because you can only get it at the top of Mount Hua — and you've got to risk a lot to get there. Xi'an is one of the most po[CENSORED]r tourist destinations in China for its fine cuisine, its many large pagodas, and perhaps most of all, for the world-famous Terracotta Army. Outside of the city, you'll find the Qinling mountain range, and there, you'll find Mount Hua (aka Huashan), one of China's Five Great Mountains. It's home to numerous Taoist temples and is a destination for many religious pilgrimages. One of the most famous of those temples is on the southernmost peak, an ancient place that has since been converted to a teahouse. You might not think that a teahouse situated more than 7,000 feet (2,133 meters) above sea level would get much traffic. But apparently, the tea at this particular shop is enough to inspire some pilgrimages. You'll have a two-hour trek just to get from Xi'an to Huashan, but that's the easy part. In order to actually try some of this tea, you'll have to ascend the Heavenly Stairs. Don't let the name fool you: This journey is anything but divine. You can rent a safety harness to get this cup of tea, but it's not required. You might want to spring for it, though. The Heavenly Stairs are shallow, steep, and carved directly into the mountain. They also aren't generally accompanied by any kind of guardrail. Even that's not the most harrowing part of the trip. When you get higher on the mountain, you'll get to a section where you'll have to navigate on wooden planks — again, no guardrail, so there's nothing but open air between you and a 7,000-foot drop. But the most heart-pounding part of all will have you wishing for those rickety slabs of wood. You'll have to hang onto a chain bolted into the mountain and slot your feet into holds chiseled into the sheer rock face. Heaven help you if someone else is coming down while you're heading up — you'll have to squeeze past each other somehow. Is the tea worth it? Sources say yes. Writing for NPR, Laurel Dalrymple writes that the tea on the mountain is made from pristine water from "snowmelt, rain, and mountain springs." In older times, that water would have had to have been brought up to the peak by hand — imagine making that trek with more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of materials on your back. Fortunately, modernization efforts have made the trip easier, so the tea isn't quite so hard to come by. For now, we're just going to stick with Starbucks. Get stories like this one in your inbox each morning. Sign up for our daily email here. You don't have to go all that way, though. With Cassie Liversidge's "Homegrown Tea," you'll learn to grow, brew, and enjoy your own soothing sip. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

A Spot in Washington Is One of Only 12 Silent Places Left in the US The most endangered sound on Earth doesn't come from a near-extinct animal or an outmoded form of transportation — it's silence. And the Hoh River Valley deep in Washington's Olympic National Park might be one of its last refuges. Accessible only after a 3-mile hike away from roads and visitors centers and into moss-coated hardwoods, fern-covered forest floors, and small babbling brooks, is a small pebble atop a fallen log, signifying one of the quietest places in the United States. The kicker? It's only one square inch. An independent research project created by acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, One Square Inch of Silence relies on the concept that if one source of noise can permeate for miles into the surrounding landscape, one black hole of silence can do the same thing, reducing noise for miles around. Designated in Earth Day in 2005, Hempton chose the park for its lack of roads and aircraft, and for its diversity of natural environments — everything from beaches to deep rainforest to alpine glaciers can be found in Olympic, which makes it a haven of natural sound. The spot, obviously, is not designed to be completely silent. Instead, the focus is on silencing unnatural sounds — airplanes, cars, cell phones, speech, etc. — and creating an environment where natural sounds don't need to compete. Here, hikers are able to hear the trickle of water running into the nearby river or the flapping of a bird's wings without them being interrupted by the sounds of machines, electronics, or other humans. Unfortunately, One Square Inch of Silence isn't protected by the National Park Service or any federal or local laws. One of the biggest silence breakers here is actually the U.S. military, which regularly flies training missions over the park. But Hempton hopes his experiment will lead the way to protection and prove itself a cost-effective method of soundscape management that the National Park Service and other agencies can take advantage of. Limiting unnatural noise does a lot more than simply give humans a place to relax. Increasing noise pollution has been shown to impact human health in dramatic ways. Exposure to noise can increase chances of heart disease and stroke and damage the development of kids' reading skills. For wildlife, noise can result in hearing loss and the inability to hear important natural sounds (like predators) and can harm animals through increased heart and respiration rates and behavioral changes. And according to Hempton, there are only between 10 and 12 places left in the United States where you can find natural silence. Aside from the Hoh Rainforest, he lists the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and Haleakala National Park in Hawaii as two others. The rest, Hempton keeps to himself, opting to protect their silence by protecting their identities. Want to know what real silence is like? From the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center in Olympic National Park, hike 3.2 miles along the Hoh River Trail, passing Mount Tom Creek Meadows at mile 2.9 and over a series of boardwalks. Look for a giant stilted Sitka Spruce with a hole big enough to walk through. Head through the tree and to the left along a path through downed trees and mud. Look for the red rock sitting on a log. Just remember to respect the silence. Get stories like this one in your inbox each morning. Sign up for our daily email here. Learn more about Hempton's efforts in "One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World," which he co-wrote with John Grossman. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

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