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Breaking Trail: A Woman's Solo Journey on the East Coast Trail

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Sarah Johnston

12 min readMarch 3, 2025
East Coast Trail, Newfoundland and Labrador

My 10-day solo hike along Newfoundland's rugged coastline taught me about resilience, the kindness of strangers, and the wild beauty of Canada's easternmost province.

Day three on the East Coast Trail, and the fog had settled in thick enough to cut with a knife. The famous views of dramatic cliffs and the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean were completely obscured, replaced by an intimate, almost otherworldly landscape that extended just a few feet in any direction. I checked my map and compass again, grateful for the training I'd done before embarking on this solo journey...

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Written by Sarah Johnston

Travel writer and photographer

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