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Hi, thanks for stopping by. I'm Relish.

 

I’m a long distance backpacker and adventurer in love with the outdoors and obsessed with ensuring I’m consistently plunged into the beauty around me. 

Born and raised in Virginia, I am a self taught backpacker with over 3000 unique trail miles covered. I learned nearly everything I know about hiking and backpacking from reading, research and hard won experience, now it is my turn to give back. 

When not on trail I stay engulfed in various business endeavors. And wherever I am, I try to think deeply and intently about the bigger questions, life, meaning, truth and happiness.

Thanks for coming and happy trails!

 

Videos from the Sierra High Route in 2020.

 
 
 

Here’s some of the things I’ve got cooking….

I was recently on a podcast talking about living well, chasing dreams and becoming a better man. Episode 13 of Becoming Better Men by Municipal is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Links of some interest

 
 
 
 
 
As you may remember, I originally had some ambitious summer hiking plans for 2020. I was hoping to hike the Pacific Northwest Trail and the Great Divide Trail. Of course, COVID did its work and those were cancelled. Its hard to let hard-fought plans
Since college, hiking has always been a large part of my identity. I am a backpacker, it’s one of the first things other people learn about me, and it’s a core element of how I see myself. But candidly, the past two years haven’t ha
The hardest day of hiking. Day two of the Sierra High Route was almost certainly the hardest day of hiking I’ve ever endured. We were still incredibly green, and the route didn’t much care about that. It called for continual, steep and to
The second part of our Sierra High Route journey is now up! Links in the bio if you want to give it a watch this weekend. Have a great Saturday!