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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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
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....
[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...
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....
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...
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...