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Hikers You Meet in Hostels: Breakfast Club Edition
I've now covered 1500 miles, or 2/3, of the Appalachian Trail. This year, I had to spend 4 days in a hostel while healing from a knee injury. I
LASH #2 Comes to an End: Stats, Superlatives, Gear Talk, and Hot Takes
WHY I WANTED TO BLOG I applied to blog for the Trek because I want to see women my age out there on the trail! Don't get me wrong: I genuinely
I Hiked a Marathon for an Eggplant Parm (The Kids Made Me Do It)
The Promised Land of Deli Blazing OMG you’ll love New York. It’s all deli blazing! Don’t pack out any food when you leave Pennsylvania.
Northern Pennsylvania Was The Truman Show
Pennsylvania is a Mullet Heading NOBO, the Pennsylvania section is a mullet: party in the front, business in the back. The southern half is a
The Milestones and Magic of the Middle AT
Buckle Up, Kids. Before you exit Virginia, she’s gonna take you on a little joyride: a 13 mile stretch called The Rollercoaster. A
Shenandoah Whirlwind
Noro Comrades It was foggy and cold the day I stepped onto the southern end of Shenandoah. On the first climb, I ran into van Gogh, a hiker from
Am I Ever Getting Out of Virginia?
The Sinking Realization I woke up dehydrated and in disbelief, with a headache that was army crawling its way toward migraine territory. I felt like
What Does a Day on Trail Look Like?
Just Happy to Be Here! After spending four days at what I will fondly remember as the “Animal House” hostel and doing
Three Things the Trail Has Made Me Practice (that I do not want to practice)
Regrets, I Have a Few I have no one to blame but myself. I started this LASH with too many miles each day instead of carefully ramping up. Rookie
The Surprises of Southern Virginia
A Desolate Stretch of Trail? “You’re starting on a pretty desolate stretch of trail,” one Reddit user warned me. He was referring to resupply
