An Optimal Solution to the Oregon Badlands Challenge

To honor the tenth anniversary of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness designation, the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is hosting a six-month long exploration challenge: I bet one can, but how? Nope, nowhere did I say that I will ever do… Continue Reading

ODT: The slow exception

The following chart shows a comparison of the average daily mileage the fastest runners and hikers manage to complete on selected long-distance trails. As one can see, the shorter the trail, the more miles per day are possible. That intuitively makes sense.… Continue Reading