What, Another Up Bit!
Day 12 Tray Mountain Shelter to Dicks Creek Gap 11.1 miles - AT mile 69.4 Card of the day - Strength Another glorious sunrise and a not-too-cold morning meant we...
First, The Last 100 Miles
So, my wife and I have a deadline for finishing out AT thru-hike. Sometimes it is a hard deadline, others a soft deadline, it all depends on what is going...
Camp Life
Day 11 Blue Mountain Shelter to Tray Mountain Shelter 8.3 miles - AT mile 58.4 Card of the day - The High Priestess Last night was so cold, in fact...
Paying for a Thru-Hike: How Do Those Crazy Kids Do It?
Another day, another thru-hiker hitting the trail. I've heard it said that there are generally two groups of people who can manage this: 20-somethings still riding the high of youth...
The AT Seed Was Planted
That's all it took During my 2019 deployment, my boss and I were talking about plans after retirement. He had brought up wanting to thru-hike the AT or possibly traveling...
Hello World, I’m Tired
Hello dear internet friends, I'm Tired. I am also embarrassed about writing an introduction post, but that seems to be what people do on these things. I'm not incredibly interesting,...
Day 13: The Act of Being a Mountain Goat
The forecast called for temperatures in the mid-twenties that morning. Because Pete and I were hovering about 2,000 feet above the nearest town, we figured it'd be in the high...
Day 12: Teen Temperatures and Frozen Butts
The Longest Night on Trail I, in fact, did not only not sleep well, I hardly slept at all. It got down into the teens and my ten degree quilt...
Day 11: North Carolina’s Hello and the Blistering Wind
Early Morning Wakeup The day started at 6:00 since a group of hikers decided that that was the time to do so. I was so not into it. I tried...
Day 10: Enemas and Falling Trees
Starting the Day Last night was the best night of sleep yet while on trail. I didn’t stir once. That is, until I had to go to the bathroom at...