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Day 32: Mt. Moosilauke and Amish Slackpackers

Day 32: Mt. Moosilauke and Amish Slackpackers

Mt. Moosilauke (moose-ill-lock-key) stands at 4,795 feet, and you walk up a waterfall for most of it when heading southbound.

Jul 11, 2025 : Sara
A Walk Through the Cumberland Valley

A Walk Through the Cumberland Valley

Day 80-18 Miles today from Alec Kennedy Shelter to Darlington Shelter, 1,900 Feet Up, 1,700 Feet down- Total 1,214 AT miles          Vortex Patch After my tent...

Jul 11, 2025 : Darkside
Day 65: From No Chairs to Antique Chairs

Day 65: From No Chairs to Antique Chairs

Today we expected to hike to Rockfish Gap. After evaluating our schedule, the weather, and our next resupply distribution, it made more sense to shuttle ahead and then come back...

Jul 10, 2025 : Anniversary and The Historian
I’ve Seen In the Movies…

I’ve Seen In the Movies…

Somehow, it got cold enough last night for me to need my quilt! Woohoo! Not that it’s going to last long. There’s a heat wave blowing through the East Coast...

Jul 10, 2025 : Eddy "Late Start" Li
Spoiler Alert: My last miles on the Appalachian Trail

Spoiler Alert: My last miles on the Appalachian Trail

A strange thing happened a little ways into my hike. So much was going right -- the weather was beautiful, the views were making me happy, the compression sleeve seemed...

Jul 10, 2025 : Rebecca Hall
21 Hours of Rest at the Yellow Deli $19.56

21 Hours of Rest at the Yellow Deli $19.56

Today is the day I become a koala. I've often envied the life of a koala. They spend 21 hours a day doing...nothing. Maybe chew on a gum leaf, maybe...

Jul 10, 2025 : Sean Berenson
Day 31 – Kinsman Notch

Day 31 – Kinsman Notch

Today was the day that we were to conquer the famous Kinsman Notch that many folks told us to 'slackpack'. So, 'slackpack' we did.

Jul 10, 2025 : Sara
PA -> NJ -> NY

PA -> NJ -> NY

Dear diary,  It's hot. It's been hot. It's really hot.  The kind of hot where sweat is literally dripping from our faces, our shirts are soaked through, our bug spray...

Jul 10, 2025 : To-Go
More Unexpected Trouble

More Unexpected Trouble

Day 79-16 Miles today Iron from Masters Mansion hostel to Alec Kennedy Shelter, 2,500 Feet Up, 2,500 Feet down- 1,196 Total AT miles Finally a Cool Down After eating my...

Jul 10, 2025 : Darkside
Day 64: Hiding from the Storms

Day 64: Hiding from the Storms

We expected to go back to Reed Gap today and start the 2 day walk to Rockfish Gap. For reasons neither of us can quite grasp, we spent the entire...

Jul 9, 2025 : Anniversary and The Historian