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Ryan Benz

While successful by most external measures, by his early thirties, Ryan Benz felt empty and exhausted, dissatisfied with his life, and eager to strengthen his connection to himself and the natural world. In the prime of his life, he chose a nontraditional path, diving headfirst into the world of mindfulness and letting go of everything contributing to his unhappiness-including the career he had spent over ten years building. Turning to the healing power of nature, Benz's trek took him over two thousand miles through the woods from Georgia to Maine, and with each step traveled, he returned a little closer to his true self. Ryan now spends his time sharing his story to show others they have the power to choose their own path.

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David Smart

Hey there, my name’s David. I’ve written 100+ blog posts about meditation, minimalism, writing, & more.

My latest book is titled True Nature. It's the story of traveling to Nepal to live with a wise woman and searching the Himalayas for enlightenment.

My first book is a thru-hiking memoir titled The Trail Provides. It contains stories and lessons learned from hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.

You'll find more of my work by visiting and subscribing to my blog, https://thinkingwithdavid.com.

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Gary Sizer

Gary Sizer was born in New Castle, PA. Years of military service and software consulting fed his passion for travel, which he chronicles in his latest book, Home is Forward, out now. After walking the Appalachian Trail in 2014, his before and after pictures went viral, and since then millions of people have seen him in his underpants. Now Gary hikes and lives in the hills near Asheville, NC, where he occasionally records stories for NPR's The Moth.

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Claire Henley Miller

Claire Henley Miller is the author of Mile 445 and the writer behind the Substack newsletter Tennessean in Maine. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and currently lives in Maine with her husband, four children, and two cats. Claire loves hiking, canoeing, and camping with her family, and she draws inspiration for her writing from their many adventures. Follow her on Instagram at @clairehenleymiller and subscribe to Tennessean in Maine to follow along on her family’s adventures.

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Roger W. Lowther

Roger W. Lowther is founder and director of Community Arts Tokyo, assisting church planting through the arts. Roger is also director of faith and art at Grace City Church Tokyo and coordinator for the MAKE Collective, a global network of missionary artists. He has been serving with Mission to the World in Japan since 2005. Roger received degrees from The Juilliard School and Columbia University and is currently studying at Reformed Theological Seminary. He lives in downtown Tokyo with his wife Abi and four boys.

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Esther Parry

Esther Parry is just an ordinary middle aged English woman who has always suspected that there’s more to life than money and the comforts of, let’s say, a roof over your head and food on the table.
Despite achieving a first-class honours degree in Biological Anthropology at the age of 49, she refuses to be drawn into the rat race, or let her life be defined by it. This is baffling to many people…particularly to her mother!

If you asked her for advice, she’d say three things:
Always find something to be thankful for – but sometimes you have to look REALLY hard.
Always find something to laugh at – even if it's yourself!
Buy a houseplant – every life needs a houseplant.

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Jeff Peterson

Jeff Peterson hails from Bristol, SD. A graduate of Northern State University, he served honorably as a Naval Aviator before transitioning to a 30-year career in the pharmaceutical sector. Married to Kris since 1986, proud father of Brooke and Kerri, and now retired in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Jeff enjoys reflecting on life’s adventures. Jeff's memoir, It's Just Walking, sheds light on his audacious journey on the Appalachian Trail and the profound lessons he unearthed along the way.

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Bill Walker

Bill Walker was raised in Macon, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Accounting. He traded U.S. Treasury Bonds at the Chicago Board of Trade for 10 years. He then moved to London where he traded German Bonds for Nomura International at the London International Futures Exchange for four years.

Upon leaving the trading business, Bill took a radical turn. He served for a year as a volunteer in a welfare reform program in South Texas. He then taught English as a second language in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

He came to hiking late in life, but has tried to make up for it. In 2005 he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. In 2006, he hiked the Long Trail. In 2009, he hik

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Lee Lovelace

The author is a fifty something dude who hasn't quite grown up. As long as he can remember,
he wanted to be a writer but kept putting it off until he finally managed to get his act together.

A number of years ago he fell in love with The
Appalachian Trail and all things hiking related.
He lives a full-time RV life with his wife, Michelle, and two golden retrievers, Sawyer, and
Finn. He is constantly traveling with his family
while pretending to do a remote "real" job so he
can take their money while also writing.

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Nadine Hays Pisani

Nadine was born in Elizabeth New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. She lives in Costa Rica with her husband and dog, Clementine. When not writing, you can find her at the beach, on the back of a scooter, or frantically tossing scorpions out of her bed. She shares her weekly adventures on her blog.

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Sarah Wynde

Sarah Wynde graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in English, which she actually managed to put to use by becoming an editor. She's worked on magazines, websites, and books, including ten years spent as a senior acquisitions editor with Pearson. Eventually, her love of writing pushed her into independent publishing. She likes to think of the stories she writes as unexpected fiction—bending, blending, and occasionally breaking genres.

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Kriste O'Brien

Kriste O’Brien lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. When she’s not working her day job, she enjoys hiking in the White Mountains, running on her local rail trail, seeing live music, and traveling to new places. After the death of her beloved mother in 2013, Kriste has tried to honor her memory by setting and achieving once unimaginable goals: whitewater rafting in Maine, running a half-marathon, earning her master’s degree, climbing mountains, and writing a book!

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Ethan Gallogly

Ethan Gallogly, PhD (“Po”) has been a leader in the Sierra Club, the Cal Hiking and Outdoors Society (CHAOS) at UC Berkeley, and the Outdoors Club of Southern California. His boots have covered countless miles, including the John Muir Trail, the High Sierra Trail, the Oregon Section of the PCT, the Tahoe–Yosemite Trail, and the Theodore Solomons Trail. He was a reviewer for the Wilderness Press guides: Sierra North, Sierra South, and Yosemite National Park and has read nearly every book on the history of the Sierra Nevada. He has also hiked and explored mainland China, is fluent in Mandarin, and enjoys reading ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy. While not hiking, he can be found teaching chemistry and is co-author of a widely-used Genera

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Nadine Hays Pisani

Nadine was born in Elizabeth New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. She lives in Costa Rica with her husband and dog, Clementine. When not writing, you can find her at the beach, on the back of a scooter, or frantically tossing scorpions out of her bed. She shares her weekly adventures on her blog.

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Sarah Wynde

Sarah Wynde graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in English, which she actually managed to put to use by becoming an editor. She's worked on magazines, websites, and books, including ten years spent as a senior acquisitions editor with Pearson. Eventually, her love of writing pushed her into independent publishing. She likes to think of the stories she writes as unexpected fiction—bending, blending, and occasionally breaking genres.

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Diane Hawley Nagatomo

Diane Hawley Nagatomo was born in the UK and lived in Nebraska, Spain, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and California before coming to Japan in 1979. She is a semi-retired professor from Ochanomizu University and has written extensively on issues concerning gender, culture, and education. When not teaching or writing, she and her Japanese husband of more than 40 years spend time with their six grandchildren. The Butterfly Café, published in July 2023, was her first work of fiction. Her second work of fiction was "Finding Naomi," and her third, "The Making of Us" will be published in September 2025.

Diane is also on Goodreads under the name of Diane Nagatomo. Check over there to see her bookshelves, reviews, and reading challenges.

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Carrot Quinn

I'm a writer and a long-distance hiker.

You can read more of my adventures and essays on my blog- carrotquinn.com

My instagram is @carrotquinn - instagram.com/carrotquinn

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Claire Henley Miller

Claire Henley Miller is the author of Mile 445 and the writer behind the Substack newsletter Tennessean in Maine. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and currently lives in Maine with her husband, four children, and two cats. Claire loves hiking, canoeing, and camping with her family, and she draws inspiration for her writing from their many adventures. Follow her on Instagram at @clairehenleymiller and subscribe to Tennessean in Maine to follow along on her family’s adventures.

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David Miller

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Gary Sizer

Gary Sizer was born in New Castle, PA. Years of military service and software consulting fed his passion for travel, which he chronicles in his latest book, Home is Forward, out now. After walking the Appalachian Trail in 2014, his before and after pictures went viral, and since then millions of people have seen him in his underpants. Now Gary hikes and lives in the hills near Asheville, NC, where he occasionally records stories for NPR's The Moth.

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David Smart

Hey there, my name’s David. I’ve written 100+ blog posts about meditation, minimalism, writing, & more.

My latest book is titled True Nature. It's the story of traveling to Nepal to live with a wise woman and searching the Himalayas for enlightenment.

My first book is a thru-hiking memoir titled The Trail Provides. It contains stories and lessons learned from hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.

You'll find more of my work by visiting and subscribing to my blog, https://thinkingwithdavid.com.

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Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor is an adventurer, author, & world traveler. In his late 50s, he solo'ed Lewis & Clark's route across the Rocky Mountains in winter & his published journal became a Kindle #1 Bestseller in four catergories (Adventure Travel, Solo Travel, Mountaineering, & Extreme Sports). It was the first book of the 'Real-life Adventures of the Texas Yeti'; a unique collection of non-fiction adventures blazing 11 Kindle #1 Bestsellers across 6 Amazon categories... every book spending time as #1 Bestseller in Solo Travel. Each of his off-beat adventures is unique; the antipode of Walter Mitty, Taylor actually lives the lives he imagines.

In a world where 'action movies' are faked entirely on green screens & 'reality shows' contort the truth, th

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Esther Parry

Esther Parry is just an ordinary middle aged English woman who has always suspected that there’s more to life than money and the comforts of, let’s say, a roof over your head and food on the table.
Despite achieving a first-class honours degree in Biological Anthropology at the age of 49, she refuses to be drawn into the rat race, or let her life be defined by it. This is baffling to many people…particularly to her mother!

If you asked her for advice, she’d say three things:
Always find something to be thankful for – but sometimes you have to look REALLY hard.
Always find something to laugh at – even if it's yourself!
Buy a houseplant – every life needs a houseplant.

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Kriste O'Brien

Kriste O’Brien lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. When she’s not working her day job, she enjoys hiking in the White Mountains, running on her local rail trail, seeing live music, and traveling to new places. After the death of her beloved mother in 2013, Kriste has tried to honor her memory by setting and achieving once unimaginable goals: whitewater rafting in Maine, running a half-marathon, earning her master’s degree, climbing mountains, and writing a book!

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Nicole Antoinette

Nicole Antoinette is a former indoor kid who never imagined she'd wind up spending months of each year pooping in the woods. You can learn more about her books and other work at backpackingbooks.com, and follow her hikes on Instagram at @nic.antoinette

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Marty Ohlhaut

Marty Ohlhaut is the author of Tent for Seven.

He worked for thirty-two years as a risk management partner with IBM and then spent the next twelve years teaching strategic execution courses around the world. He has traveled to forty-four countries and visited all fifty states, making him an encyclopedia of amazing stories and anecdotes.

Among his many adventures, he stood amid the Terra-Cotta Army, climbed the Great Wall of China, toured the 5,000-year-old ancient pyramid city of Caral, Peru, and visited the Panama Canal. He also reached the Arctic Circle from two different sides of the globe and lived on a boat in Alaska’s inside passage, fishing for weeks at a time.

Marty and his wife, Joeline, have been married for over forty years, and

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Ryan Benz

While successful by most external measures, by his early thirties, Ryan Benz felt empty and exhausted, dissatisfied with his life, and eager to strengthen his connection to himself and the natural world. In the prime of his life, he chose a nontraditional path, diving headfirst into the world of mindfulness and letting go of everything contributing to his unhappiness-including the career he had spent over ten years building. Turning to the healing power of nature, Benz's trek took him over two thousand miles through the woods from Georgia to Maine, and with each step traveled, he returned a little closer to his true self. Ryan now spends his time sharing his story to show others they have the power to choose their own path.

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Jeff Peterson

Jeff Peterson hails from Bristol, SD. A graduate of Northern State University, he served honorably as a Naval Aviator before transitioning to a 30-year career in the pharmaceutical sector. Married to Kris since 1986, proud father of Brooke and Kerri, and now retired in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Jeff enjoys reflecting on life’s adventures. Jeff's memoir, It's Just Walking, sheds light on his audacious journey on the Appalachian Trail and the profound lessons he unearthed along the way.

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Ethan Gallogly

Ethan Gallogly, PhD (“Po”) has been a leader in the Sierra Club, the Cal Hiking and Outdoors Society (CHAOS) at UC Berkeley, and the Outdoors Club of Southern California. His boots have covered countless miles, including the John Muir Trail, the High Sierra Trail, the Oregon Section of the PCT, the Tahoe–Yosemite Trail, and the Theodore Solomons Trail. He was a reviewer for the Wilderness Press guides: Sierra North, Sierra South, and Yosemite National Park and has read nearly every book on the history of the Sierra Nevada. He has also hiked and explored mainland China, is fluent in Mandarin, and enjoys reading ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy. While not hiking, he can be found teaching chemistry and is co-author of a widely-used Genera

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Jane Congdon

Jane Congdon grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. After graduating from Concord College (now Concord University), she made a career of words, working as an English teacher and a newspaper reporter before finding her niche as a textbook editor in Cincinnati, Ohio. She retired in 2009.

At age 59, Jane followed Dracula's footsteps through Transylvania, resulting in the memoir It Started with Dracula: The Count, My Mother, and Me (©2011). She then co-authored her brother's memoir, Mr. Joe: Tales from a Haunted Life (©2013). Both books were published by Bettie Youngs Book Publishers and are available from Amazon and other outlets.

At age 69, Jane returned to the mountains as a backpacker. To date she has hiked 1,195 miles of the Appalachian

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Marty Ohlhaut

Marty Ohlhaut is the author of Tent for Seven.

He worked for thirty-two years as a risk management partner with IBM and then spent the next twelve years teaching strategic execution courses around the world. He has traveled to forty-four countries and visited all fifty states, making him an encyclopedia of amazing stories and anecdotes.

Among his many adventures, he stood amid the Terra-Cotta Army, climbed the Great Wall of China, toured the 5,000-year-old ancient pyramid city of Caral, Peru, and visited the Panama Canal. He also reached the Arctic Circle from two different sides of the globe and lived on a boat in Alaska’s inside passage, fishing for weeks at a time.

Marty and his wife, Joeline, have been married for over forty years, and

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Cody James Howell

Cody ("Raiden") is a successful Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and lifelong nature enthusiast. He has since been inducted into the “2000-miler club” for those who have walked the entire trail. Prior to hiking the AT, he completed a PhD in Neuroscience and published widely in academic journals. Now, he seeks to use these two distinct experiences to give back to the trail community. In 2021, Raiden will be traveling New Zealand with his wife Debra (Chilly Bin), a multi-trail thru-hiker he met on their second day hiking the Appalachian Trail.

You can contact Raiden, and keep up with his ongoing projects, by following him on his Facebook author’s page at Facebook.com/CodyJamesHowellAuthor or by emailing RaidenATnineteen@gmail.com.

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John Nitti

John Nitti grew up on Long Island, NY, currently lives in New York City, and works in fintech software sales. He graduated from Cornell University in 2011 with a degree in Applied Economics & Management and received Cornell Varsity Football’s Paul Hunt Citizenship Award as a senior, given to the player that has “unselfishly contributed his time and energy to help others beyond the playing field.”

He now sits on the board of the Marty Lyons Foundation, which was founded by defensive lineman Marty Lyons of the New York Jets in 1982 and benefits chronically and terminally ill children by fulfilling their wishes.

He ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain on a backpacking trip across Europe in 2010; cycled across the United States and back in 201

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Reannon Muth

Reannon Muth was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in the 1980s, and grew up across the street from the beach on the island of Oahu, before moving to New York with her family when she was 16. She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she majored in psychology. During and after college, Reannon spent several years traveling the world. She studied in Europe, taught English in Japan and Central America and backpacked around India. She even worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Alaska.

These explorations eventually formed the basis of her first book—a memoir called UNATTACHED, which tells the story of her attempts to overcome her anxiety while hiking one of the tallest mountains in the US.

Reannon is currently worki

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Graeme Robert Bell

Graeme Bell is a full time overlander and author. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but considers Cape Town home. He is currently travelling the planet with his wife Luisa and two children, Keelan and Jessica, in a Land Rover Defender 130 affectionately know as Mafuta

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