Trail Headspace - Paperback

by Christopher Stiffler (Author)

Trail Headspace is the answer to the question, "What happens when an economist, accustomed to backing his assertions up with academic research, discovers his best self while hiking a 486-mile trail across the Rockies."

The book is a trail memoir geared for those looking to plan a big thru-hike as well as a wellness guide that highlights how trail life might just be the antidote to the burnout, brain frazzling, social media-addicted and argumentative world we find ourselves trapped in.

The narrative will jumpstart, freshen and transport previous Colorado Trail hikers back to their own experience. It will also paint a picture for new hikers of what daily trail life looks like hiking all day and eating your meals seated in the dirt.

Sprinkled along the way are a bunch of nuggets on things like the history of the Colorado Trail, wilderness areas, wildflowers, hiker lingo, hiker hacks, naming origins, a famous cannibal, trail name stories and tips to bring back from trail life.

The book also contains the anecdotes and advice of the quirky people I met along the trail and the transformational experience I had on the (mile-for-mile) most beautiful trail in America.