Best Backpacking Trowels of 2025
Ultralight poop shovels for digging catholes in rocky, rooty, or sandy soil
April 23, 2025
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A compact, lightweight backpacking trowel can make the worst part of your hiking day into a much better experience. A potty trowel can cut through rocky, rooty soil and ensure you dig a Leave No Trace approved 6-8" cathole. Digging a proper hole for your poop in a timely manner can be stressful when nature calls. The best potty trowels can make it fast, easy, and painless to dig that cathole and get onto your business.
We tested potty trowels over hundreds of miles of backpacking on the Pacific Crest Trail, Arizona Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, High Sierra Trail. Additionally, we had dozens of backpackers compare the poop shovels side by side at hiking festivals in the Pacific Northwest and California. During testing, we had backpackers of different sizes and hiking styles carry up to 10 potty trowels at a time to provide feedback in real field testing scenarios.
The end result is the best potty trowels that are lightweight, compact, and ergonomic. Most importantly, the best potty trowels can dig a deep cathole through rocky, rooty, and sandy soil so you can do the Leave No Trace thing and feel good about what you left behind.
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Comparison table
| TROWEL | TREELINE AWARD | WEIGHT (OZ) | LENGTHS | BEST FOR | GUYLINE ATTACHMENT? | 6" MARKER | MATERIAL | MADE IN USA? | BRIGHT COLOR? | MSRP* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoglerCo Ultralight Trowel | Best overall Read why |
0.5 | 7.25" | most situations | Yes, sides only | No | Aluminum | Yes | Top only, many colors | $18 |
| Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #2 | Best for rooty soil Read why |
0.6 | 6.8" | AT, PNW, wet, forest hikes | Yes | No | Aluminum | Yes | Yes, many colors | $21 |
| Suluk 46 Tark Titanium Hybrid Backpacking Trowel | Best for rocky soil Read why |
0.6 | 7.0" | rocky, alpine, hard to dig soil | Yes, sides only | No | Grade 5 titanium, anodized aluminum | Made in Canada | No | $38 |
| The Prarie Dog | Best for sandy soil Read why |
0.6 | 7.5" | sand, desert | Yes | No | Aircraft grade 7075-T6 anodized aluminum | Yes | Yes, red only | $20 |
| QiWhiz Ultralight Titanium Original | Best ultralight Read why |
0.4 | 6", 7.25", 8.5" | ultralighters | Yes | No | Titanium | Yes | Yes, bright green only | $29 |
| Vargo Titanium Dig Dig Dig Tool | Most durable Read why |
1.25 | 8.1" | snow, thick roots | Yes, best placement of all on top | No | Titanium | Yes | No | $25 |
The winners
Best overall backpacking trowel: The Bogler Co. Ultralight Trowel
Weight: 0.5 oz
Length: 7.25"
Material: Aluminum, plastic handle topping
Dimensions: 7.25" x 2.1" x .75"
Cost: $18
What we liked: flat plastic top allows better leverage when digging, price, weight, plastic top is bright so less likely to lose, variety of colors, Made in USA
What we didn't like: Could be better at cutting through roots
The Bogler is the best overall potty trowel we tested. We've taken this trowel on the PCT in Southern California, the Arizona Trail, the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, and Pennsylvania, and everywhere it goes, people choose this trowel as their favorite from the 10 others we have tried.
The key is the flat plastic top, which allows you to press your palm into the top of the trowel to get extra leverage while digging. That plastic top is available in nine colors, so you'll be able to tell your trowel apart from your friend's trowel. As someone who has lost my trowel, I like the fact that it comes in bright colors, so I will be more likely to find it.
The Bogler Co. Ultralight Trowel
Four generously sized holes down the handle allow you to insert a stick for extra leverage while digging. You can also use those holes to attach guylines to use as a tent stake or deadman anchor.
The sides have teeth on four edges for cutting through roots and rockier ground. While there is no 6" marker, its longer length of 7.25" makes it long enough to build a solid Leave No Trace hole. The scoops are wide enough to excavate looser soil and to widen your hole.
For hikers not grossed out by it, the Bogler fits around a Smartwater Bottle to minimize space taken up in your pack.
Plus, it's made in the US by a small cottage brand and is less than $20. The Bogler potty trowel also wins our award for best affordable potty trowel as it had the lowest price of any we considered.
Best for Rooty Soil: Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #2
Weight: 0.6 oz
Material: Aluminum
Length: 6.8"
Dimensions: 6.8” x 2.6” x 0.8”
Cost: $21
What we liked: Great at cutting through roots, multi-color so less likely to lose
What we didn’t like: Could dig through roots better
The classic Deuce of Spades has got an upgrade to the Deuce Dirt Saw, designed to cut through roots better than the older version. We tested it side by side with the older version (no longer available) and agree it lives up to its "saw" name.
Compared to other potty trowels, the Deuce doesn't just have a point on its leading tip, but extra deep notches on the leading edge. You'll see subtler versions of this on other trowels but those teeth are quite noticeable on the Deuce Dirt Saw. TentLab also advertises that these teeth are gentle enough they won't hurt your hand when you're using your potty trowel upside down (some people like to use the smaller end to upend stubborn rocks when the bigger side won't quite fit).
Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #2
One of the best parts of the Deuce is that the entire body of the trowel is available in a bright color. That means it is less easy to see or lose. It's also reasonably priced.
Like the Vargo Dig Dig and the Bogler, the Deuce DirtSaw has a prominent hole towards the top of the handle where you can enter a stick for leverage. It's also in a great position to tie a guyline to use it as a tent stake or a deadman anchor.
Best backpacking trail for rocky soil: Suluk 46 Tark Titanium Hybrid Backpacking Trowel
Best for: Rocky, alpine, hard to dig soil
Dimensions: 2″ W x 7″ L
Weight: 0.6oz | 17g
Materials: Grade 5 Titanium & Aluminum
Guyline attachment:Yes, sides only
6" marker? No
Made in USA? Made in Canada
Bright color? No
What we liked: Cuts through roots like no other
What we didn’t like: Expensive, sharp point could damage gear
I'd never heard of Suluk 46 until doing research on the best potty trowels but quickly fell in love with their Tark Titanium Hybrid trowel. At first glance, this trowel seemed overbuilt with a titanium body and thicker anodized aluminum siding. But after taking this trowel on the PCT in Southern California, the Arizona Trail, Pacific Northwest, Northern California, and Pennsylvania, nearly every person who volunteered to dig a cathole for us was impressed.
The magic of the Tark Titanium is the pointy gardening-spade-like tip. It's got the sharpest tip of any of the trowels we tested. This was another trowel where I was deeply concerned TSA would take it away from me (ultimately, I decided to check it on nearly a dozen flights during my multi-state testing process). That point is excellent at dislodging stubborn rocks that otherwise refuse to budge for other trowels.
Suluk 46 Tark Titanium Hybrid Backpacking Trowel
What's the deal with the seemingly-overbuilt aluminum siding and the whole hybrid material thing on this Tark trowel? Compared to most of the titanium-only trowels, the handle is much easier to grip without digging into your hand. Despite having this extra siding and having heavier aluminum parts, the Tark weighs 0.6 oz—the same as nearly every trowel we tested. So this "overbuilt" design actually doesn't amount to extra weight.
The Tark only has one side of serration but again, it's the sharpest of the bunch. And after roots meet the pointy end first, I never really felt like I needed that extra side of serration.
The spade-like head is at a disadvantage for excavating large amounts of loose sand and soil, though.
The Tark is among the most expensive trowels we tested. But if you're going to some place where you know there will be many roots, this one should be on your radar.
Best potty trowel for sandy soil: The Prairie Dog Shovel
Best for: Sand, desert
Dimensions: 7.5" L x 2.25" W
Weight: 0.6 oz
Materials: Aircraft grade 7075-T6 anodized aluminum
Guyline attachment: Yes
6" marker? No
Made in USA? Yes
Bright color? Yes, red only
What we liked: The best at excavating large quanities of loose, sandy soil that otherwise slides back into your hole
What we didn’t like: Could be better at cutting through roots
The Prairie Dog trowel is the best potty trowel for sandy soil. Among our testing groups on the Arizona Trail and Southern California PCT, we nicknamed it "the excavator." This trowel is ideal for the sandy "desert" sections of the PCT, almost all of the Arizona Trail, and other desert hikes like the Joshua Tree traverse on the California Riding and Hiking Trail.
The Prairie Dog is a large trowel designed to be used from both ends, so to speak. Use the wider end to move sand and loose dirt like an excavator. The smaller end, that looks more like the obvious handle to this operation, is designed for tougher rockier or rootier spots.
The Prairie Dog Shovel
We liked the red color of the Prarie Dog trowel–harder to lose while you are packing up. We also liked the 8 small holes on the sides that can be used to attach a guyline. However, some testers complained that they're small to run a stick through for extra leverage while digging. I've never had to run a stick through a trowel for extra leverage but that is something to keep in mind if you use that method of digging.
The one downside of the Prarie Dog is it didn't perform quite as well at digging through rootier Pacific Northwest forests or in rocky Arizona Trail soil.
If you're digging in soil where it feels like the hole refills a little for every inch that you dig, the Prairie Dog is the best at digging deep faster than the hole can refill.
Best ultralight backpacking trowel: QiWhiz Original
Best for: Ultralighters
Dimensions: 6” L
Weight: 0.4 oz
Materials: Titanium
Guyline attachment: Yes
6" marker? No
Made in USA? Yes
Bright color? Yes, bright green only
What we liked: Lightweight, durable
What we didn’t like: No 6-inch marker, not serrated
At less than 0.4 oz, the QiWhiz Original is the lightest potty trowel we tested. I carried the QiWhiz Original on countless thru-hikes from the Pacific Northwest Trail to the Arizona Trail to the Superior Hiking Trail to the High Sierra Trail.
I love the rubberized paint on the handle that makes the titanium easier to grip and a little softer on the hand.
QiWhiz Original
The QiWhiz doesn't have any sharp edges or serration, so I always felt comfortable keeping it in my delicate ultralight backpack without paying attention to what else it was touching. Some people may find this a downside—the serration on other trowels does help with cutting through roots.
My one complaint about the QiWhiz is the safety green color of the handle. Ultimately, I lost my long-time companion in a field of bright green-colored plants. How I managed to hold onto it for so long without losing it is a wonder to me!
The QiWhiz is also available as the Big Dig (7.25" long) and the MegaDig (8.5" long). It doesn't have any markers as to how far 6" is, though The Original is exactly 6", so it was easy to judgel my hole depth. Next time, I'm going to opt for the Big Dig to get a little more leverage and ensure that my hole depth is better in line with Leave No Trace Principles.
Best durable backpacking trowel: Vargo Titanium Dig Dig Trowel
Best for: Snow, thick roots
Dimensions: 8.1” x 1.7”
Weight: 1.25 oz
Materials: Titanium
Guyline attachment: Yes, best placement of all on top
6" marker? No
Made in USA? Yes
Bright color? No
What we liked: Secure in snow and sandy, easiest to use as a tent stake or deadman, durable design
What we didn’t like: Could dig through roots better
The Vargo Dig Dig Trowel is the most durable of the trowels we tested. It was also one of two trowels that I was concerned would alert TSA as a carry-on. With nearly 3” of deep, serrated teeth on either side, this long and narrow trowel also doubles a tent stake. It's solid in sand, snow, or when using it as a deadman anchor. If you're remotely worried that ultralight potty trowels as a category won't hold up to your rocky soil or rough usage, the Vargo Dig Dig Trowel is the one to get.
Vargo Titanium Dig Dig Trowel
Unlike the other stakes we tested, this is the one that really can be used as a multi-use tool instead of a "just in case" tent stake. The hole and notches on the top of the handle are positioned exactly like you'd find on a dedicated snow stake.
Its long, sturdy, and narrow handle can also hold well in sand. The U-shape and design is similar to a snow stake with a similar ability to really stay in place while digging or using it as a stake. The curved siding also makes it easier to grip without digging into your hand.
It's worth noting that while this trowel is more expensive than the others, a single snow stake will run you more than $10. So if you are hiking somewhere there is snow and are planning to carry a snow stake anyway, the Dig Dig Trowel is an excellent choice for a multi-use item. Plus, it's made in the USA by a small cottage brand.
Other backcountry trowels we tested
Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #3
Best for: Groups, bigger holes
Dimensions: 7.7” x 2.8” x 0.9”
Weight: 0.95 oz
Materials: Aliminum
Guyline attachment: Yes
6" marker? No
Made in USA? Yes
Bright color? Yes
The Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #3 is an excellent tool for digging and is similar in design to the Dirt Saw #2. However, it's bigger and heavier—–probably overkill for most situations. It also weighs 0.95 oz, which was–among the heaviest of all the trowels that we considered. We think most backpackers will be best suited by the Deuce #2.
Deuce of Spades Dirt Saw #3
Best for: Roots
Dimensions: 6.5” L
Weight: 0.63 oz
Materials: Aluminum, Recycled PET Plastic
Guyline attachment: No
6" marker? Yes
Made in USA? Yes
Bright color? No
The Apex Giant Dirt Diggler is the most backpack-fabric-friendly trowels of any we have tested. It doesn't have any of the hard edges or sharp serrations you’ll find on other trowels, so it won't hurt your hands or damage your gear. Even the pointy entry tip is rounded off.
Apex Giant Dirt Diggler
The trowel is 6.5" long for the size small and 8" for the XL size. Towards the end of the handle, there are two holes that allow the trowel to be used as a tent stake or as a deadman anchor. The holes are pretty small though, so you probably can't get a stick in for leverage. You could use a cable for leverage, though. Again, I've never felt a need to use a stick for leverage but it is something to keep in mind if digging conditions get rough.
The Dirt Diggler also does the best job of any trowel on having a prominent line for the 6" mark.
Apex Giant is Hilltop Packs sister company and their Dirt Diggler potty trowel is made in Waynestown, PA, USA.
Best for: Alpine, rocky
Dimensions: 8” x 1.7” x 1”
Weight: 1.3 oz
Materials: Aluminum, Recycled PET Plastic
Guyline attachment: No
6" marker? Yes
Made in USA? No
Bright color? No
We're big fans of the PACT Bathroom Wipes and Mycellium tablets, which work in conjunction with digging a proper sized cathole to quickly break down poop. PACT was founded in Crested Butte, a Colorado town at 9,000 feet elevation. The founders had seen too many poops and toilet paper "blooms" on trails to 14,000-footers and wanted to find a solution to break down poop faster at altitude and make it easier to follow Leaving No Trace.
The hollow handle means you can store your PACT Bathroom Wipes and Mycelium tablets inside, which is a clever design.
PACT Shovel
The wipes and tablets are great and highly recommended. However, as a standalone trowel, the PACT trowel was not our favorite. It's got a different design than other trowels. It's essentially a tube with a pointy tip. The pointy tip is great for dislodging rocks but the shape isn't ideal for excavating large quantities of dirt or sand. It's possible that this design is best suited for rocky alpine terrain, but we didn't test in situations quite that extreme.
The PACT Trowel is also heavier than many other trowels we considered.
It's narrow enough to store the whole tube/trowel kit next to a water bottle in some packs with larger side pockets. However, that often meant only being able to fit one Smartwater bottle plus a toilet kit in a pocket that is designed to fit 2 L of water. For long water carries, this design was a disadvantage.
We think for most backpackers in most climates, a traditional-shaped trowel is a better option.
Best for: Budget
Dimensions: 10.88” x 2.63” x 0.75”
Weight: 2 oz
Materials: Plastic
Guyline attachment: No
6" marker? No
Made in USA? No
Bright color? Yes, orange only
The Coghlan's Trowel is the classic bright orange plastic trowel you'll find in the hands of any Boy Scout troop. It'll get the job done and only costs $3. This is a totally fine choice for most backpackers who are starting off. It is more than twice the weight of most of the titanium trowels. Its biggest drawback is that it is not very packable. Finding a spot for it in your pack is awkward.
However, that means it weighs 1.5 oz more than other trowels—–about the weight of a Snicker's bar.
In the end, it is way more important you make the LNT choice than have the lightest, fanciest gear. So if you're trying to save money somewhere, the Coghlan's Trowel is a fine choice.
Coghlan's Trowel
What is the purpose of the backcountry trowel
A backcountry trowel is designed to help you easily dig a cathole for safely disposing of human waste while away from toilet facilities.
Leave No Trace scientists have determined that poop needs to be buried at least 6 inches deep in the soil in order to prevent it from contaminating water sources or getting exposed to the air and getting unburied by animals. Gross.
While many hikers have attempted to dig a proper depth hole with their hands, a rock, their shoe, or a trekking pole, the best holes can only be achieved with the help of a specialized designed potty trowel.
A backcountry potty trowel not only is designed to dig a hole that can cut through rocky and rooty soil, but it is also designed to be lightweight, compact, and packable.
Leave No Trace, the ethics of the outdoors, allows more people to get outside with a lighter impact on the land. That means when you are hiking or backpacking, you are elss likely to see other people's poop.
What to look for in backpacking trowels
Weight
Backpackers are weight conscious and every tenth of an ounce counts. We considered only potty trowels that weighed less than 1.5 oz. Still, most of the trowels weighed less than that, around 0.6 oz.
Material durability (e.g., aluminum, titanium, plastic)
Most of the trowels we considered were made from titanium, which is a strong material that won't bend during digging. Aluminum is lighter than titanium but not as strong, so the trowels that use aluminum use it in areas where it is less likely to break. Some of the trowels also use plastic in non-key areas.
Size and compactness
Backpackiers and hikers will want to keep their potty trowel in an easy-to-access area for the urgent times that nature calls. We usually store our potty trowel in a mesh pocket on the outside of our pack. However, that real estate is pretty limited so finding a trowel that fits in well with your packing system is important. Some trowels are designed to "curl around" the edge of a Smartwater Bottle (another item many backpackers carry in a pocket on the outside of their pack). Others are designed to have rounded edges so as not to damage delicate ultralight backpacking pack material if stored in a pack brain or pocket.
Digging efficiency
Digging efficiency is one of the most important differentiators between potty trowels. While they seemingly all look pretty similar, it's when you are digging when you really notice the difference.
Digging efficiency is tied to what terrain you're in. One trowel could be quite efficient in say, sandy soil while being less efficient in rocky soil.
Terrain compatibility (e.g., rocky, sandy, or compact soil)
We tested how potty trowels dig 6-8" cat holes in the following conditions:
Sandy and loose gravelly soil
Rocky soil
Rooty and heavy, moist soil
The best potty trowels will excel in all of these types of soil. However, if you spend most of your time hiking in one area (for example, I spend a lot of time backpacking in the Sierra in rocky soil), you may be better off choosing a trowel that really excels at the type of soil you are most likely to encounter.
Ergonomic design (ease of use and grip)
Grip was another area where I noticed a significant difference between potty trowels. Some dig into your hand (pun intended) as you grip the edges. Others have soft top surfaces that make it easier to get some leverage. Some have long handles that can accommodate the entire width of a hand whereas others have shorter handles that require using only part of your hand for grip. Some have soft rubberized handles and others have flat-edged handles that are easier to grip, while some have no handle design at all.
Additional features (e.g., serrated edges, multi-tool capabilities)
Potty trowels with serrated edges can generally cut through roots well. However, sometimes they can cause damage to delicate ultralight backpack fabrics if stored incorrectly, or your hand if you aren't paying attention.
I especially like when trowels can have multiple uses such as a tent stake. Potty trowels are wider and sturdier and sometimes longer than most ultralight stakes, so they’re well-suited for setting up a tent in sandy soil or on snow. I like trowels that have holes that make it easy to attach guylines.
Most trowels have additional holes to reduce the weight of the trowel. But many of these holes can also be used to insert a stick and get some more leverage when digging. We rarely, if ever, find a need to do this. But it's a trick worth knowing about and is the reason behind the design of some trowels mentioned here.
How to use a backpacking trowel effectively
Your potty trowel should never, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, touch your poop.
A potty trowel is a digging tool only.
If you need to move a turd around (say, if you missed the hole) DO NOT use your potty trowel. Find a stick or rock and push it in the hole.
Store your trowel on the outside of your pack for easy access. I store it in a Ziploc bag along with some toilet paper. Some folks keep hand sanitizer or wet wipes in their bathroombag, too.
Tips for digging catholes and following Leave No Trace principles
Leave No Trace Principle #3 is Dispose of Waste Properly. This means digging a cathole 6–8”deep and depositing your poop into that hole.
Find a spot at least 200 feet from water, camp, and trails. Dig away from water sources and streams to reduce the chance of contamination. If there’s not a safe place 200 feet away from water or fragile tundra, consider using a WAG bag (human waste bag) instead.
As mentioned above, your potty trowel SHOULD NEVER touch your poop. Only use it to dig your hole.
If your poop missed the hole (it happens!), use a stick or rock to push it in the hole. Do not use your trowel (or your finger, either).
If you didn't get to digging the cathole in time (it happens), dig a hole near your poop and then use a stick or rock to push the poop into that hole. Do not use your potty trowel to push around your poop!
Cover and disguise the cathole when finished. Sometimes, I'll make an "X" with sticks over the top when I'm on busier trails just because humans have a tendency to like to dig in the same area.
Pack out any used toilet paper. A tip I picked up from Treeline Review co-founder Naomi Hudetz is bringing along empty dog poop bags and using that to pack out my used toilet paper.
After I use toilet paper, I throw it to the side of the hole and then pick it up with the dog poop bag in the same way that I'd use a dog poop bag to pick up dog waste. Then, I tie it off. The big benefit here is the used TP is separated from the rest of the trash in my trash bag.
If you want to avoid packing out used toilet paper, it's very popular for backpackers to use a Backcountry Bidet to clean yourself instead.
Another option is using PACT Bathroom Wipes. These are Alkaseltzer-sized tablets that expand into a moist toilette with a cap full of water. You can throw them right in the hole with your poop along with 2-3 ibuprofen-size pills of mycelium, a native root system for fungi that breaks down poop and neutralizes the harmful bacteria in poop. The "TP" in this system breaks down by 95% in 75 days.
It's also important to pack out used tampons and sanitary pads. If you're using the dog poop bag method to pack out your toilet paper, toss in your used menstrual products, too. If you're using a menstrual cup, dump the contents into your cathole and treat it as if it was poop. This is another situation where a backcountry bidet can be efficient at cleaning yourself off.
Care and maintenance of backpacking trowels
If your potty trowel gets caked with mud, brush it off. If you need to get rid of really stubborn dirt, rinse it with water.
But don't do it in a stream or the only water source in 20 miles. Yes, your potty trowel never actually touched a poop. But honestly, it's too close for comfort. And if anyone sees you rinsing a potty trowel in the one spring that everyone relies on, they will murder you.
If it really needs rinsing, do it in a sink in town. Preferably, not a public sink where what you're doing is very visible.
Wipe it off or air dry in an exterior pack pocket. Most of these are made of titanium so they won't rust, but it's still good practice.
Titanium can shatter, so be sure if you're storing your trowel on the outside of your pack, don't throw your pack down with force.
How we researched and tested
We tested potty trowels side-by-side for the past 8 months, and in the case of some of the trowels, over many years and thousands of miles of backpacking including on the 16 thru-hikes of various lengths.
For the most lab-like testing, we brought up to ten trowels at a time to test them side-by-side while backpacking on the Arizona Trail. During the tests, we collected feedback from five different testers of various sizes and familiarites with trowels. Each tester used all the trowels and we took notes over two weeks of backpacking.
We also tested them with two testers on the Pacific Crest Trail Section A from the Mexico-California border, a section notorious for needing well-dug cat holes.
Finally, we took the potty trowels to thru-hiking events held by the American Long Distance Hiking Association where more than 100 backpackers looked at them side-by-side, took the trowels for “test drives,” and reported back.
Throughout testing, we focused on weight, digging efficiency, and usability.
About the Author / Why you should trust us
Liz Thomas is an award-winning Los Angeles-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Treeline Review. A former Fastest Known Time (FKT) record holder on the Appalachian Trail, Liz came to Treeline Review from New York Times/Wirecutter, the New York Times’ product review site, where she was a staff writer on the outdoor team.
She was a guest editor at Backpacker Magazine, where she is currently the columnist of “Ask a Thru-hiker” and instructor of their online class, Thru-hiking 101.
Her first book is Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-hike. The book was the recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award for Best Instructional Book, and was deemed by judges as destined to become the “Bible of the Sport.”
She represented the sport of hiking at President Obama’s Great American Outdoors Initiative.
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