Hi Ashley! One of the changes announced for 2026 was moving away from challenge registration to membership. Each of the challenge pages has details about what’s included, as does the membership page. We also posted a blog post detailing the changes:
https://socialhiker.net/introducing-the-social-hikers-membership-your-all-access-pass-to-adventure/
In a nutshell, we are no longer sending a physical welcome packet when joining Social Hikers. This makes the challenge series more sustainable and allows us to focus on improving and potentially expanding the challenges.
As a member, you now no longer need to register for a specific challenge — you have access to all of the challenges in the series, and can even mix-and-match to earn your finisher badge and certificates. All of this is explained in more detail in the blog post linked above.
For those who want stickers, t-shirts, hats, flags, etc., those are available in the shop. All are printed on demand and shipped directly from our suppliers.