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- Updated: July 20, 2025
- Post By: Matthew Hengst
We are recovered (-ish) and prepping for fall!
Upcoming Plans
We've been dealing with some major medical issues the last few months. As a result our Summer '25 plans were sadly delayed.
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) & Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
Rehab Hikes '25: Big SEKI Sierra Loop + 2 Other Sierra Loops
Fall '25 Vermont Long Trail + Benton MacKay Trail
Thanksgiving '25: Bonaire Dive Trip
Christmas '25: Palau Dive Trip
Spring '26: Mogollon Rim Trail
Summer '26: Yukon River 2,000 Mile Paddle
Fall '26: American Discovery Trail Moab -> San Francisco
Spring '27 Wales Coastal Path
Summer '27 Hextatrek
Fall '27 TBD
Summer 2028 North Country Trail?
2029+ Lots more things unless I'm dead
YouTube: First Church of the Masochist Hikes
Instagram: @mattonamtn
Email: matthew.hengst@gmail.com (or message me on Instagram)
Ways to support our adventures
Want to physically mail us something? Just ask!
About Us
Major Video Series
176 Episodes, lots of days
75 episodes, 75 days
(aka Florida Trail, Pinhoti Trail, Appalachian Trail, and several sections of the International Appalachian Trail ending at the northern tip of Nova Scotia)
116 episodes, 302 days
Condensed Trips / Highlight Reels
These are made the same content as the daily trip videos above but shortened so each day is usually just a minute or two. We love these and they're our favorite way to look back at our adventures.
Shorter Thru Hiking Trails
51 episodes, 58 days
7 episodes
10 episodes, 10 days
5+1 episodes, 5 days
Shorter Hiking Trips
These are generally shorter trips we've done in between our bigger adventures but still in the daily vlog format
7 episodes
6 episodes
14 episodes
Aborted due to snow levels. Turned into Grand Enchantment after that
4 episodes
3 episodes
Shorter Paddle Trips
3 Episodes, 3 Days
Scuba Diving Trips
12 Episodes
8 Episodes
8 Episodes
9 Episodes
Older Writeups
This is an older abandoned route in the Sierra Nevada originally intended as a western alternative to the John Muir Trail
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