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Wild ponies, cold oatmeal, Alexa Stardust, and lots and lots of trail magic
General update: I'm not going to lie, I've brushed my teeth with a lot of animals this week. I think I finally have my trail legs and I've upped my...
Post trail days to…Damascus again
5/19/14 Total trip miles: 394.7 Finally made it back to the trail after trail days! We woke at Solitude's friend Matt's house. He's starting the trail in Maine as a...
Discovering Colorado: Paradise Cove
As I prepare to hike the Colorado Trail in August, I have taken on the challenging of discovering as much of Colorado as possible this summer. Last post, I discovered...
7 Reasons to Hike the AT in Pennsylvania
Let’s be honest. Pennsylvania is not the most popular state. For most thru-hikers, it ranks 14th out of the 14 states they pass through, and it is the most commonly...
A Curve in the Road
When I started writing for Appalachian Trials I wondered what I could bring to the many followers of the blog. After my first two blogs, I learned that the many...
Crushing Mad Miles
I'm currently in Front Royal, about 965 miles into the trip! Since I last posted, we've come almost 300 miles and have really ramped up the intensity. I'm still in...
5 Short, Long Distance Trails For The Time Squeezed Backpacker
Thru hiking the Appalachian Trail takes a lot of time and money. The opportunity to do so often relies on a big change in your life that allows for a...
Thunderstorm Training
Raintesting our Gear Before it Snows Again With our thru-hike 10 months away, my boyfriend Rocky (that’s his real name, not a trail name) and I are starting shakedown hikes...
So it ends
I’m writing this blog to let you know that I have decided to get off the trail. After cranking out four 20+ mile days in a row, I developed some...
10 Ways to Keep it Real on the AT
A lot of you all are probably reading this right now thinking to yourselves, "Man, I'd really love to hike the AT but I just don't think I'll be able...