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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...