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Gear Review: Native Eyewear Polarized Sunglasses
The Appalachian Trail might be known as the “green tunnel” but that didn't stop me from using sunglasses during my thru-hike. I’m not going to lie, I am not the...
Virginia: Rainy Days and Mondays
With over 500 miles of trail, Virginia constitutes about a fourth of the AT. I think it has taken me about four weeks to get through, and I have a...
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
Vagary, n. (Wait, What?)
I suppose I should introduce myself before I start throwing out precariously spelt vocabulary words. My name is Tory Wilkinson, a twenty-something year-old setting out on the PCT in April...
6 Things Family & Friends Should Probably Know Before I Start My Thru-hike
1. Sooner or later, I will think about quitting. Please don’t enable me. Think of this as the hiker version of Odysseus and the Sirens. This is me tying myself to...
Meet 74-Year Old “Drag’n Fly”: Oldest Female Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker
Badass. There is no other way to describe a 74 year-old who thru hikes the Appalachian Trail. "For me the fun is in the camping and the camaraderie at the...
4 Pieces of Advice for Solo Female Thru Hikers
As an associate at REI, thru hiking the AT comes up quite a bit. Customers want to know they’re speaking with an experienced and knowledgeable backpacker. Sometimes a customer is...
You Can Do It (Put Your Backpack Into It)
Before I left to thru-hike the trail, countless people told me different renditions of “I wish I could do something like that” or “I almost hiked it years ago, but...
Top Instagram Photos from #AppalachianTrail This Week
We continue to peruse all of the wonderful pictures from Instagram with the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and #AppalachianTrials and select a few of the best each week. If you would like your picture
How to Use Your Thru-Hike on Your Resume
You just hiked the Appalachian Trail (or any long trail) and now the reality of the real world sets in; you need a job! But how do you explain to...