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Search "Appalachian Trail Thru-hike gear list" ...not bringing rain pants or extra underwear. Psh. Search "Ultralight gear list" No google. I need the warmer sleeping bag. Ugh. Search "Super
Gear Review: Bedrock Cairn Minimalist Sandals
Bedrock Sandals is launching their new Cairn Minimalist Sandals on May 31st. If you're a minimalist, if you like to air out your feet, if you spend a lot of...
Miles 500-700: Massie Gap to Lost Spectacle Gap
After Massie Gap, we remained in the Grayson Highlands for a few more miles. Wild ponies abound! We visited the historic life stock corrals called the "Scales" and went up...
White blazes, And The Lack There Of
Sometimes its impossible to get turned around out here, and sometimes it's impossible not to.
300 Miles: A Little Rain. A Little Rocks. And Lots Of Myles.
2016 Flip Flop: SNP to ME/SNP to GA Soon after reaching the 200 milestone, I painstakingly picked my way through a flag-marked, lichen-encrusted boulder field that is the Appalachian Trail...
Countdown to my SOBO Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
I have been meaning to write a post for the past few weeks and should have done so sooner. You’ll quickly understand, though, that a major theme for me these...
Weeks 6 and 7: I Walk the (State) Line
When we last checked in, I had just completed the Smokies, and dealing with some emotional roller coaster days that envied the pointless ups and downs of the Trail itself....
When it rains, it pours
Trail Days came at an interesting time on the trail. The trail was starting to wear on me and it was a good weekend off to spend with old and...
Trail Days 2016: One Experience
Trail Days Festival is a magical time for thru hikers! For 30 years, Damascus has honored hikers with a weekend event. Current hikers get off the trail and congregate there...
Half-way or Halfway?
Are we Half-way or Halfway? Rambo and I have walked over 1100 miles to get here which means we are done with half of the trail. In the great words...