Now you can dress like me! The Books Bourbon & Bacon Shop is now live.
Well, here it is: the Books Bourbon & Bacon Store. So now you can dress yourself as I dress myself most days: like a website.
Read MoreWell that really escalated quickly...Let's catch up.
Well, I certainly wasn’t expecting a global pandemic to shut down the world right before I was to set off on my Trek Dirty to Me project and my years-long planned 2,200 mile trek of the Appalachian Trail. But it did, and I could not have been luckier. What a ride these last three months have been!
Read MoreTrek Dirty to Me: 74 days until the AT and I will miss this dad bod.
While the dad bod has been a blast over the last few years of croissants and foie gras in Paris, my knees and back have cancelled that party and now it’s time to shake down the weight of the pack that is my gut. I’ll miss you bro.
Read MoreTrek Dirty to Me: 75 days until I start walking to Maine...
Seventy-five days out from kicking off my first (of hopefully three) thru-hike attempts over the next three years, and I’m trying to get my ass into shape on the other side of the world. To be more precise, I am in Goa, India (not Indiana), 8,678 miles (13,966 kms) from Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia, USA - where I will begin my walk to Maine along the 2,200 mile (3,540 km) Appalachian Trail.
Read MoreFirst training hike for the AT in the Albanian Alps, and the knees are still holding!
Quick little day hike from Valbona to Teth in Albania through the Albanian Alps.
Read MoreLife, Love, the Kitchen, and the Art of Kung Fu (Part 1)
Let’s get this out of the way, Shaolin Kung Fu is not designed for 6’2, 230lb western dudes who are built like linebackers.
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Read MoreSo what exactly is 'Trek Dirty to Me?'
What is ‘Trek Dirty to Me?’ It’s a project that I have been wanting to do for over a decade. In short, it is the complete thru-hiking of the Triple Crown of American hikes - the three major American Scenic Trails: The Appalachian Trail (AT), the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the Continental Divide Trail (CDT).
Read MoreSo who exactly is AJ?
AJ Feeney-Ruiz is a recovering politician and an international adventurer. After managing a particularly grueling campaign in 2014, he realized 20 years was enough to give to politics, and moved to China to study Shaolin Kung Fu in the mountains of the Henan province and meditate for six months.
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