As we put together to welcome in 2023, we’re taking time to look again at the place we’ve traveled. Particularly, we’re taking a look at the place the world-renowned Gentle Toes weblog has taken us over these final 12 months.
Our objective is to make Gentle Toes our neighborhood’s go-to vacation spot for uplifting interviews with outside fans, helpful suggestions and tips for the path, adventuresome tales from the backcountry, useful gear highlights, and all issues light-weight backpacking. Due to visitor contributors, knowledgeable interviews, and our top-shelf, in-house inventive brainstorming group, we’ve revealed some fairly enjoyable content material this 12 months, if we do say so ourselves.
To find out one of the best Gentle Toes blogs from 2022, we used a extremely scientific course of that concerned trying on the variety of views every of our articles received this 12 months and mixing that with an total vibe examine. Following this thorough assessment, we’re excited to current you with the highest 15 Gentle Toes weblog posts from 2022!
New to thru-hiking? Seeking to undertake just a few methods so as to add extra ease to your hikes? This 12 months, we detailed 5 nice path hacks for newbie thru-hikers. The weblog additionally discusses various kinds of path hacks and numerous methods you possibly can be taught new ones.
Some issues by no means change. Considered one of this stuff, it seems, is that hikers certain appear to love to speak about pooping within the woods. This 12 months, we revealed a three-part interview sequence with pelvic ground bodily therapist, Dr. Lauren Trosch, PT, DPT. Whereas readers additionally loved the interviews about peeing on path and postpartum climbing, Dr. Trosch’s perception on backcountry bowel actions proved to be the preferred of the three.
It appears to be like like lots of you have been considering discovering some solitude within the wilderness this 12 months. Our suggestions and tips for solo climbing have been successful with the Gossamer Gear neighborhood. We hope you all had some pretty and secure solo hikes!
Regardless of how properly you intend your backpacking journey, rain finally appears to seek out all of us. We lined the variations between pack liners and pack covers for retaining your gear dry on moist days. This weblog can assist you determine whether or not our light-weight pack liner is likely to be a superb choice to your subsequent journey.
We had a hunch that lots of you have been feeling torn between the Gorilla 50 and the Mariposa 60. Given the visitors to this weblog, it appears we have been proper! If you happen to’re seeking to spend your vacation reward playing cards on a brand new pack for 2023, make certain to take a look at this weblog for an in depth overview of the similarities and variations between these two in style packs.
The winter months don’t preserve our neighborhood inside! A lot of you learn our information to chilly climate layering to ensure you can keep heat whereas adventuring in the course of the chilly months. We are able to’t wait to see all your snowy summit selfies in 2023!
We interviewed filmmakers Carlo Nasisse and Maria Luisa Santos, in addition to thru-hiker extraordinaire Heather “Anish” Anderson, about their launch of The Ghost. This quick movie gives an intimate exploration of Heather’s private journey from unknown hiker to the holder of a few of the most coveted information within the climbing world.
Anybody else have “be higher about staying hydrated” on their 2023 record of recent 12 months’s resolutions? Plenty of you “drank” this weblog proper up in 2022. If you happen to want a “refresher,” give it one other learn for the brand new 12 months. Okay, okay, we’ve quenched our thirst with all of the water puns.
Begin your new 12 months’s decision to observe mindfulness off proper with a re-read of our suggestions for quieting your thoughts whereas on path. We provided some concepts for methods to tune into your environment extra whereas climbing throughout occasions if you might need a busy thoughts.
Throughout Psychological Well being Consciousness Month this 12 months, we welcomed a dialog about post-trail melancholy. With a lot of nice perception from our model ambassadors, we shared extra data on what post-trail melancholy is, its widespread causes, and suggestions for assuaging it. We’re hopeful that this may be only one piece of an ongoing dialogue about this widespread expertise. By bringing it to gentle, we can assist carry it collectively and bear in mind we’re not alone.
We kicked off a sequence this 12 months about what it’s like being an out of doors content material creator. In our first interview, we chatted with our personal Michelle Zhang about her expertise as a model ambassador. We’ve additionally chatted with Treeline Assessment’s editor-in-chief, Liz Thomas, about her path to turning into a gear reviewer. Keep tuned to the LIght Toes weblog in 2022 for extra interviews within the sequence!
We chatted with Josie Kinney over at Rugged Thread to be taught extra concerning the firm’s mission and imaginative and prescient for the way forward for gear restore. This was a enjoyable interview for us since we’re pumped about our ongoing partnership with Rugged Thread and our shared dedication to sustainability.
One factor is evident: all of us love cute images of canines climbing. This 12 months, we had an lovely visitor submission to the Gentle Toes weblog from Bailey Bremner about how she makes use of her Gossamer Gear climbing umbrella for her canine whereas on path. It’s the cutest use of our umbrella up to now. Do you’ve images of your canine doing cute issues on path with Gossamer Gear merchandise? In that case, we can’t underscore this sufficient: PLEASE SEND PHOTOS.
Our personal Nancy East revealed a memoir about setting the quickest recognized time for the Smokies 900 known as Chasing the Smokies Moon. We requested if she’d be keen to share her perception from the writing course of with our neighborhood since we all know lots of you’ve nice tales to inform too. This wonderful weblog is the consequence. If you happen to’re seeking to write your individual outside journey story, make certain to take a look at her suggestions!
We like to observe lots of the girls within the outside trade who aren’t solely taking over their very own unbelievable feats, however encouraging others to do the identical. This weblog goals to assist readers reinvigorate their Instagram feeds, discover some inspiration for his or her subsequent outside adventures, and join with an inclusive outside neighborhood by sharing 9 girls within the open air to observe.
Thank You and Completely satisfied New 12 months!
From all of us at Gossamer Gear, we need to categorical how a lot we respect you being part of our neighborhood. You made the journey an amazing one this 12 months and we’re excited to get to maintain climbing with you into the grand vistas of the longer term. We want everybody glad trails in 2023!
Be certain to share your adventures with us by tagging tagging Gossamer Gear on social media (@gossamergear) and utilizing the hashtag #takelessdomore. And in case you have an concept for a visitor weblog, be happy to succeed in out to korrin@gossamergear.com!
