Casey Lyons

Prepare your mind and body ready to fend for yourself in the backcountry.

Backpacking by yourself unlocks a powerful wilderness experience. If you’re scared to solo, you’re on the right track.

Kayak to pocket beaches and Gulf islands in south Florida.

Goats are the perfect pack animals: agile, compliant, and low-impact beasts of burden. Right?

Build your fitness foundation with this essential physiological info, tips on eating right and exercises for staying in prime hiking shape.

Get trail-fit fast! This 4-week program was designed specifically for hikers by trainers Melissa Racouillat of San Francisco's Stone Clinic and Darren Flagg of Boulder's Animal Strength Human Performance Lab.

Use these proven exercises to get in the best hiking shape of your life.

Hike your way through your golden years with these specially-crafted fitness tips.

Get ready for the long fitness haul with these skills, workouts, and essential info.

Winter camping is super rewarding, but convincing others to join you isn't always easy. It's best to have a few tricks.

No, your way is gross.

Humans have unmatched power to alter natural landscapes. Let’s use it for good

In the 1970s, crews finished carving a tribute to the Confederacy into Stone Mountain. Fifty years later, it's time to scrape it off.

Join on us March 5, at 3:30 p.m. MT for a conversation with Heather "Anish" Anderson about endurance, thru-hiking, and her new book "Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail."

Can our writer get in the best hiking shape of his life—without doing a single hike over 10 miles?

This climber’s peak should be on every hiker’s life list.

Before you can figure out how layers work, you need to know why they work—and what your body needs from them. Human thermoregulation is a complex process, and the better you understand it, the better you can harness its power.

Fight the sedentary lifestyle and get a move on with these exercises and essential skill.

It takes most thru-hikers around five months to finish the Appalachian Trail. It's taken Casey Lyons sixteen years—and counting.

Sign up for an UNCLAIMED section for AT in a Day (Aug. 20) and be entered to win some sweet gear.

For long-haul hikers, time has a way of putting things into perspective.

This easy-prep appetizer is frontcountry fine, but easy enough to make at your campsite.

Can our guy construct a winter shelter that’s strong, roomy, and warm? (Hint: No.)

Nothing but a plastic bag? Use it to waterproof clothes, signal for rescue, and more.

Rule #1 when planning a hike through this iconic park: Let your ambition match the scenery.

Have rocky ridges and sparkling alpine lakes all to yourself.