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52 Pick Up… Gear Edition
My Appalachian Trail Gear List With less than 12 days (is this real life) until I climb a bus and ride to Atlanta, I decided now would be a good time...
Appalachian Trail Challenges
*Warning Endless Hyperlinks Below Day 34 of the #VirginiaTomatoChallenge andYes, I carved it into the tomatoes The Appalachian Trail is a challenging thing to hike. That’s not an opinion, this
28 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers You Should Be Following on Instagram
All of us Appalachian Trail enthusiasts are so lucky to be able to get onto social media anytime and have nearly limitless stores of information on the trail right at...
6 Days Out: Pre-Trail Jitters
When I was in High School I took a college level government and politics course, the end of which we had to take this "AP Exam" that we spent the...
The Top Instagram Photos from the #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. This week we take a look at
Challenging Thoughts and Fears
With just under 5 weeks til my brother and I start our Appalachian Trail adventure I've been starting to worry nonstop. Keeping myself awake at night, I'm hounded by thoughts...
Grandma Gatewood, my idol!
Journal Entries from January 2015 January 12, 2015 The weather has been really cold and quite snowy here (Kalamazoo, Michigan) so we have been getting some of our walking done...
Au Revoir, Louboutins – Hello, Salomons!
I gave myself a trail name – not just to pre-empt being given names like Snot Rocket or Grandma Slowpoke, but also to be something those following my journey can...
Brazuca Nuts: The Ultimate Hiking Snack
The bad news is that, no, I have not discovered a new type of nut and magic source of sustenance for hiking. The good news is that my girlfriend Francis...
Protected: 5 Days People!!
"Where we are going we don't need roads" - Dr. Emmett Lathrop "Doc" Brown Ph.D The real countdown has started and despite all of my previous hiking experience I am sick...