alison young | alison young • blissful hiker

Managing Osteoarthritis

Motion is lotion, so they say and hiking is one of the best to slow the progress of arthritis.

Anxiety and fear in high doses can be detrimental to your health, but can also be harnessed to help you succeed.

PSA: You Don’t Have to “Crush Miles” to Thrive as a Thru-Hiker

My heroine is 81-year old Mary Davison who called herself “The Old Lady on the Trail.”

Answers to your questions about packing gear, planning for success, how to manage contact lenses on trail.

Classical composers walked in nature and were inspired to create some of the most enduring music in the world.

I’ve made a career shift to professional speaker using stories from the trail to teach and inspire.

On the Arizona Trail, I learned about love as a gift in the form of the desert bloom.

It’s the first ever “Ask Me Anything,” your chance to send me any burning backpacking-related questions.

To be venturesome or adventurous are two different things. Which are you?