Bloggers
Choosing A Life Well-Lived
I’m choosing to hike the Appalachian Trail... Life is all about choices! We are required to make choices every day. Some choices seem small, carrying very little existential weight. Some...
I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Feeling 22…Hundred
I’m going to thru-hike all 2200 miles of the Appalachian Trail, in 2020, at age 22. In the spirit of T. Swift, here’s a song that will be stuck in...
My “Experience Wish List” For My AT Thru-Hike Attempt
We all have things we want to experience when it comes to new adventures. This is my biggest adventure and I want big experiences. Some of these are obvious but...
I Just Quit My Job to Walk 2,500 Miles
It's go time. Feb 29=AT Thru-Hike
Failure is Human.
It isn’t an easy thing to feel like a failure. And I do. All the time. I dare these great things, but I can’t do them alone and it never...
Hiking with the Honey: Pros and Cons of Thru-Hiking with a Significant Other
Deciding to thru-hike is a lot like planning to go to school or switch careers – it’s a really big deal. So, what happens when you throw a significant other...
T-Minus 10 Days to Amicalola
Excitement has officially turned into panic. I board a one-way flight to Atlanta in ten days. While over a year of planning is about to be put to the test,...
Confessions of a Hiking Mom: Bags of Poop, Busted Shoes, and Bare Feet
Hiking the Appalachian Trail with my kids this spring will be an adventure. As I look ahead, I can't help but think back on some of the crazy adventures that...
The Great Escape from Monotony; Why I’m Walking to Maine
Why Am I Hiking? Such a simple question to ask for an unavoidably complex answer. But first, let me introduce myself. I'm Wesley. I was born, raised, and have spent...
Zombies Don’t Thru-Hike
The safest place to be during the next ZOMBIE infestation will be on the trail ... because "zombies don't thru-hike".
