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This Week’s Best Instagram Photos from the #AppalachianTrail

This Week’s Best Instagram Photos from the #AppalachianTrail

We continue to peruse all of the wonderful pictures from Instagram with the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and select a few of the best each week. If you would like your picture to be included, be...

Aug 25, 2014 : Zach
Done, done, done.

Done, done, done.

Well, I did it. I hiked all 2,185.3 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Maybe I'm being a bit Meriwether Lewis, but I neither feel like I thought I would, nor...

Aug 24, 2014 : Evans Prater
Getting there slowly but surely.

Getting there slowly but surely.

8/15/14 Days miles: 1.1 I nearo-ed into Danby to catch the bus to Rutland to see a doctor. The bus schedule posted on the wall was from a different year,...

Aug 24, 2014 : Amy
Expectations, Reactions and Worries

Expectations, Reactions and Worries

Reactions and expectations are curious things. And a lot of them are going around as Adam and I get closer to our launch date. A couple of weeks ago, we...

Aug 24, 2014 : Dana
Congratulations to This Week’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers!!!

Congratulations to This Week’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers!!!

This post is all about celebration! We want to feature your incredible accomplishment of successfully thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail right here on AppalachianTrials.com! If you've completed

Aug 22, 2014 : Zach
The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch

I made it! I’ve sat down to try to write this post half a dozen times now, and I don’t know what to say, I did it! It was awesome....

Aug 22, 2014 : Ellie B.
[Author Sneak Peek] Waiting on Spring: Your Pre-AT Thru-Hike Companion

[Author Sneak Peek] Waiting on Spring: Your Pre-AT Thru-Hike Companion

The thought of thru hiking the Appalachian Trail is exhilarating! No routines, living on the fringes of society, eating only junk food and yet some how becoming more and more...

Aug 21, 2014 : Carlie Gentry
Bagging the 4,000 Footers During Your Thru-Hike

Bagging the 4,000 Footers During Your Thru-Hike

Before my thru-hike, Boston was the farthest north I had ever been.  I knew of Mt. Washington and the Presidential Range, but I didn't even know what state they were in....

Aug 21, 2014 : Mariposa
Less than 500 miles to go!

Less than 500 miles to go!

General update:  I last blogged from Staten Island, NY.  Less than 500 miles to go and I'm hanging on by a thread.  Can't quit now though! I've got a care...

Aug 20, 2014 : Amy
Mental Battles: Stay the Course… or Trail

Mental Battles: Stay the Course… or Trail

So many emotions flooded my mind as I packed up my car and drove south on Monday. I just spent three unforgettable months tucked away in the North Carolina mountains, meeting...

Aug 20, 2014 : Stacia Bennett