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First Weeks on the Appalachian Trail
Leading up to starting the trail I had some injuries that I really struggled with. My Achilles and my arch were hurting for months. I promised myself that on trail...
AT Mile 275: Great Smoky Mountain Adventures
After hiking through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I finally understand why they call it Great. The Smokies are a force of nature. Fontana Dam to Newport Gap The past...
Good Where We’ve Been…
Last week was a week of goodbyes. I hate goodbyes. I don't do well with goodbyes and usually make them more awkward than needed. I've worked in my position at...
Take Two: Getting Ready for My Second Thru-Hike
I'm thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this year, and it isn't my first rodeo. Thank god for that, because I have no idea how I would pull off my hike...
My First Backpacking Trip: Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
In less than three months I'll be setting off on my first thru-hike. I'll say goodbye to my day job, strap on my trail runners, and hit the Long Trail...
It’s Hard. It’s Complicated. I’m Doing It Again
Hey everyone. It's been a long time since I published here. Almost two years already. The last time I wrote in this blog I was doing the Appalachian Trail, my...
Holy Smokes! Surviving the Smokies
Great Smoky Mountains National Park brought me days of seemingly endless rain and dense fog, my first rattlesnake encounter, an outbreak of the dreaded norovirus... and a whole lot of
Ignorance and Impulsiveness: Prewritten Post-Trail Reflections
These questions are just as much a request for my future self as they are a questionnaire for my past self. I sat on this blog post, waffling between sending...
Landing in New Mexico: Getting Trail Legs
As I sit in a cafe in Silver City, NM, I reflect on the past five days. Landing on trail was always going to be chaotic. But this was the...
Overcoming Physical Setbacks
Understanding that your body is so much more capable then I once imagined.