Eitan Gerstle
Hi, my name is Eitan, and I'm thru-hiking the Appalachian trail in 2024! I've always loved to be outdoors, and taking a gap year after graduating college has given me the perfect opportunity to challenge myself physically and mentally on the AT. I'm hoping to journal/blog my experience throughout the trip, both the good and the bad
Posts
AT update: Hello Virginia!
Day 37: Today is gonna be a fun day. We woke up around 7, after a much better night of sleep than the night before. We’re only carrying our packs
AT Update: Goodbye North Carolina!
Day 33: Shortish day today (only 10 miles). We started pretty early, so that we could get into town with plenty of time to eat, resupply, and
AT Update: One month on trail!
Day 27 + 28: I’m gonna combine two days into one here, first because it was a nearo and a zero, so they’re similar, and second because i forgot to
AT Update: Through the Smokies
Day 20: It is smokies day! Our first of 2 national parks on the trail, it’s gonna take us about 7 days to get all the way through. The night
AT Update: On the Edge of the Smokies
Day 14: Today was a fun day because we had no plans. Well, we had “plans,” but they were pretty loose with the details. First things first,
AT Update days 10-13: 100 miles!!!
Day 10: Zero day today, and boy oh boy am I glad we did this. It is cold, rainy, and all together miserable, so not being out in the woods
AT Update: Day 5-9
Note: For some reason I’m struggling to put in pictures, but in the interest of getting this out before I disappear again I’m gonna post it
AT Update: Day 1-4
Day 1: Well, day 1!!!! Or day 0 depending on how you want to count. I did NOT sleep well last night, which I wasn’t super surprised by, but
Day -1; From the Edge of the Trail
Well, here we are! On the car in the way to Georgia, 9 hours to go! A couple weeks ago I was getting sushi with some old friends (shoutout
Why I’m hiking (and blogging) the AT in 2024
What's the best thing to do when you're going through a major life transition and trying to figure out your life moving forward? For most people, the