How It All Started

I’m going to go ahead and cover the question everyone asks about this trip.

How did I end up here? In Jordan? With 2 strangers I had never met?

Well… it’s as crazy as it sounds.

I had been backpacking the Appalachian Mountains for many years at this point. Some long distance sections and some short weekend sections. I documented everything I did and created a portfolio of all things backpacking on both Instagram as well as Youtube. It wasn’t much but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved pushing people to get outside and enjoy the world. To push their limits. I wanted to show everyone that no matter who you are you CAN do it. You just have to start.

It pushed me to produce more and more content which is where Damian came in.

Damian is head of E-tourism. He is in charge of helping countries boost their tourism effectively and efficiently. He began working with The Jordan Trail Association to boost their newest long distance trail— The Jordan Trail.

Damian wanted to bring the Jordan Trail, we’ll be calling it JT for short, to social media and what better way than to bring social media influencers, big and small, to document their hike on this trail?

He had discovered my account, watched me for months and finally reached out with the opportunity of a life time. A fully sponsored backpacking trip on the JT.

ME??

Yeah I was floored.

Unfortunately there was only 3 months left before departure and I had JUST been hired at a job that was the perfect setup for my schedule. I had to make a decision— stay here with my boyfriend and keep the “ideal” job… or drop everything and LIVE.

Two months later I put in my 2 weeks at work and packed for one of the craziest trips of my life.

Buckle up.