Catching Up with Recent Ozark Trail Thru-Hikers - Terrain Magazine

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

Joe Beussink, age 70, of Leopold, Missouri:

Beussink thru-hiked southbound (SOBO) in the fall. “Despite the difficulties and my inexperience, my first hike of two weeks was a great success,” he said. “Experience is the best teacher, and I learned lessons I’ll not soon forget. I found that I enjoy the physical aspects of backpacking and love the freedom of having only basic needs to consider, leaving all the cares of life far behind.” . . .

“The OT is a treasure, and the effort it took to build it are beyond conception,” Beussink continued. “There are miles and miles of trail scratched out of steep hillsides one can hardly walk on without the trail. I plan to find ways to help with trail maintenance and building in the future.”

MoBikeFed comments: Read more Ozark Trail through-hiker accounts here: https://terrain-mag.com/catching-up-with-recent-ozark-trail-thru-hikers/

Find out more about the Ozark Trail here: https://ozarktrail.com/

And don't forget the Ozark Trail Mountain Biking/Bikepacking network! You can mountain bike most of the Ozark Trail, and we have provided the best gravel/forest road/low traffic connecting routes to build those singletrack segments into a seamless bikepacking adventure route:

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Catching Up with Recent Ozark Trail Thru-Hikers - Terrain Magazine