Chris Hayhurst

How to deal with and treat those bloodsucking leeches.

What causes pain on the trail?

Ah, spring, the season of the blessed bloom-and maddening mosquitoes. If you don't like slathering yourself in DEET, then you'd better learn how to avoid the pests.

Other tips to beat the most annoying backcountry biters.

In New Mexico's Pecos Wilderness, it's just you and the bighorn sheep looking down on the world.