Pinch of Dirt

Pinch of Dirt

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A bite of paradise

I was terrified of going to the wrong camp and getting murdered by a backcountry nut

Maybe it was luck, maybe it was climate change

Slug mode, and a call for pitches

Pinch of Dirt gift guide

The trail provides at the most unexpected times

Touching grass—or rather, dust

The delicate ratio of public transit to hiking time

Hill running under the Texas sun

Built different—and also a little unhinged

We don’t have a car. We came here on foot.

Disaster films

What is the point of hiking if you can’t enjoy it, too?

The spotted lanternfly redemption tour

My pinky toe was no longer an exposed electrical wire sparking at the slightest touch

In Arizona, you don't have to pretend the ground is lava

Compromise and logistics dictate everything

Paradise lost?

A Long Mountain along a long brown path

Harder, better, faster, stronger?

The journey is the whole point, the only point

Way-finding

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