I hiked the majority of the John Muir Trail myself in 2014, as part of my hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. Even with 700 miles of thru-hiking already under my belt, and a planned 20 percent reduction ...

How big of an adventure can you pull off on a weeklong vacation? That all depends on how fast you can walk—and how much suffering you can take. Michael Lanza found plenty of both when he decided to ...