How To Find Us Online
- Updated: February 18, 2025
- Post By: Matthew Hengst
We are currently off trail for the season
Upcoming Plans
Spring '25: PCT Desert Section Sobo
Summer '25: Yukon River 2,000 Mile Paddle
Fall '25: American Discovery Trail Moab -> San Francisco
Thanksgiving '25: Bonaire Dive Trip
Christmas '25: Palau Dive Trip
Spring '26 Wales Coastal Path
Summer '26 Hextatrek
Fall '26 TBD
Summer 2027 North Country Trail?
YouTube: First Church of the Masochist Hikes
Instagram: @mattonamtn
Email: matthew.hengst@gmail.com (or message me on Instagram)
Ways to support our adventures
About Us
Major Video Series
176 Episodes, lots of days
75 episodes, 75 days
(aka Florida Trail, Pinhoti Trail, Appalachian Trail, International Appalachian Trail)
116 episodes, 302 days
Condensed Trips / Highlight Reels
These are the same content as the trips above but shortened so each day is usually less than a minute.
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 (In Progress)
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
Podcasts I've appeared on
2022-01
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