We are Masochist & Tasty Taters, a slightly jaded ex-IT worker and a turtle-loving high school teacher documenting long distance hiking, paddling, and scuba diving adventures one miserable/wonderful day at a time.
We are currently back in SoCal for the winter season teaching the Sierra Club Wilderness Travel Course. The 2026 adventure season kicks off March 15th when I leave for Australia!
Upcoming Plans
Spring '26: Bibbulmun Trail + Cape to Cape (Australia)
Summer '26: Yukon River 2,000 Mile Paddle (Alaska)
Fall '26: American Discovery Trail Moab -> San Francisco
Christmas '26: Cozumel Diving (Mexico)
Spring '27 Wales Coastal Path (UK)
Summer '27 Hextatrek (France)
Fall '27 TBD
Summer '28 North Country Trail?
2029+ Lots more! (Hopefully!)
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Want to get in touch or physically mail us something? Reach us at matthew.hengst@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @mattonamtn
Featured Videos
Major Video Series
176 Episodes, lots of days, 3,000 miles
75 episodes, 75 days, 2,400+ miles
(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, 5,000 miles
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
25 videos, 25 days, 304 miles
19 videos, 19 days, 290 miles
6 videos, 6 days, 77 miles
10 videos, 10 days, 110 miles
51 videos, 58 days, 810 miles
7 videos, 91 miles
10 videos, 10 days, 155 miles
5+1 videos, 5 days, 67 miles
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
8 Episodes
12 Episodes
8 Episodes
8 Episodes
9 Episodes
Older Writeups
My journals and pictures from my Mexico to Canada hike during the initial summer of COVID 19
My adventure hiking this abandoned route in the Sierra Nevada originally intended as a western alternative to the John Muir Trail
Podcasts I've appeared on
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