Monthly Archives: January 2018

15.2 miles: Trails 210, 223, and 208 Loop hike in the Sipsey Wilderness

Posted on January 6, 2018 by jnunniv

As you may know, I’m participating in the 2018 Trailblaze Challenge for the Alabama Make-A-Wish Foundation. You may read more about it HERE (https://jnunniv.blog/2017/11/04/help-me-help-others-2018-trailblaze-challenge/). Not only am I raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the physical  challenge is hiking 26.3 … Continue reading →

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Distances between points in the Sipsey Wilderness

Posted on January 4, 2018 by jnunniv

One of the frustrating things about planning hikes in the Sipsey Wilderness is finding the distances between trail intersections or from one intersection to the trailhead.  All that is officially listed are the lengths of the individual trails. Well, I … Continue reading →

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SPOT Gen 3 Satellite Messenger review

Posted on January 3, 2018 by jnunniv

Where I spend most of my time hiking is outside of cell phone service and I wanted a way to allow some communication with my wife and family. I have been debating for some time what type of device to … Continue reading →

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