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Gear Discounts
Just for you, friends, I have made available the following discounts on some of the most impressive hiking gear:
TrustFire's has a full lineup of lighting products for home and adventurers. To automatically get a 10% discount on your order, start here. Or you can enter discount code: DavidOnEarth during checkout to get 10% off your entire order.
Silverlight has amazing silver threaded socks and other fine outdoor clothing. They will give you 10% off your total order by using this link or by entering davidonearth10 during checkout.
Flextail Flash Sale - up to 50% off - with this link
P&G Water Purification 20% off! With this link, enter the discount code: purify20 at checkout.
Sea to Summit - Save 10% OFF your first purchase with code FIRSTSUMMIT - follow this link
Outdoor Research - Sale: Up to 50% Off - Follow this link to save!
Outdoor Research Outlet - up to 70% off!! Follow this link!
Vargo Outdoors - free shipping on orders over $49 - use this link
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About
We should all follow the path that makes our life meaningful and affirms our 'why' in body, mind, and spirit.
Hi, I'm David Ashley. I've adopted the name "David on Earth" as a trail name, the less formal identity that accompanies me on every adventure out in the wilds of nature.
A little about me: I've been happily married for all my adult life to the same wonderful woman.
She gave me two beautiful girls who blessed me with four grandchildren, who again blessed me with two great-grandsons.
Currently I live in Colorado, but I've lived throughout the midwestern United States and traveled the world for the first 20 years of my adult life when I was in the United States Air Force, and then some afterwards. For a little while longer I'll continue working for an international software consulting firm. And then I'll begin a new adventure: retirement. I'm not exactly sure what that will look like yet, but I'm sure it will include time on trails and in wild places I've never been.
On this website I bring you stories of the trail and insights from my pursuit of the good life. I've logged thousands of trail miles over the years. In 2018 I hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail. In 2020 I began section hiking the Arizona Trail and recorded another 100 miles of desert floors and sky islands in 2024. I've also hiked trails in Utah, Wyoming and Michigan. God willing, as long as I can move, I will add to this list of places.
I hope you enjoy this website and my YouTube channel. You can also find me on Instagram. I'd love to hear from you by commenting in the blog on this site or via YouTube or Instagram.
Now, stop reading this and go live like you want it! I'll see you on the trail!